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Excursion in Mineralogy and Petrography

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Course Unit Code541-0032/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
CHL0091Mgr. Štěpán Chládek, Ph.D.
Summary
Field trip takes the form of site visits as scheduled, at which the student is familiar with the geology of the area briefly and then with specific mineralogical or petrographical peculiarities. At the sites, students performs sampling of rocks and minerals according to the instructions leading field trips, findings recorded in the field diary. Sites have the character of quarries (active and abandoned), down, off-road outcrops. Students are required to ensure safety instructions leading tours of active operations or employees.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of this subject is practical knowledge of minerals and rocks observed during field excursion in deposits and natural occurence of minerals, rocks and raw materials.
Course Contents
Attending excursions according to the instructions leading excursions.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
COE A.E. Geological Field Techniques. 336 s., Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Geological map of the Czech Republic (in any scale)
NURRE P. Rock Identification Field Guide. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014.
MALEY T. Field Geology Illustrated. Mineral Land Publications; Second Edition edition, 2005.
Geologická mapa ČR (libovolné měřítko)
KONTA J. Kvantitativní systém reziduálních hornin, sedimentů a vulkanoklastických usazenin. Univerzita Karlova, Praha, 1972.
PELLANT C. Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals. 2002.
PETRÁNEK J. Malá encyklopedie geologie, JIH, České Budějovice, 1993.
Recommended Reading:
PLUMMER Ch.C., MCGEARY The Late D., CARLSON D.H. Physical Geology, McGraw Hill Higher Education, Boston, 2004.
PRESS F., SIEVER R. Understanding Earth - second edition,W.H.Freeman and Copany, New York, 1998.
CHÁB J. et al. Geological map of the Czech Republic. 1:500 000.ČGS Praha. 2007.
COMPTON R.R. Geology in the Field, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017.
COMPTON R.R. Geology in the Field, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017.
MALEY T. Field Geology Illustrated. Mineral Land Publications; Second Edition edition, 2005.
MÍSAŘ Z., Dudek A., Havlena V., Weiss V. Geologie ČSSR I, Český masív. Státní pedagog. nakl. Praha, 1983.
TURCKER M.U. Sedimentary Rocks ind the Field. Wiley New York, 1993.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluationCredit85 85