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Regional Engineering Geology

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Course Unit Code541-0026/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
PrerequisitiesCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit Title
541-0037Regional Geology
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
MAR31prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.
Summary
The students will learn within the subject Regional engineering geology to enjoy systematically all accessible information about rock environment during the creation of conceptual and comprehensive model of rock environment structures and materials in specific area.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The objective is development of student's skills to assess by the application of systems analysis quality of rock environment of specific area for special engineering applications. It have to be realized with the application of all accessible sources of information about the area.
Course Contents
1. Regional classication of rock environment
2. Overview of information sources about rock environment
3. Geological maps, engineering geological maps
4. Geological databases - Geofond
5. Czech geological survey and its information sources
6. Geographical information systems and electronic sources of geological data
7. Methods of geological and engineering geological classification of rock environment
8. Engineering geological conditions of Bohemian massif, crystalline basement, unmetamorphic prevariscan basement and Permian-Carboniferous basins
9. Engineering geological conditions of Cretaceous basins and Tertiary depressions
10. Engineering geological conditions of Neovolcanic rocks
11. Engineering geological conditions of Western Carpathians in the Czech Republic
12. Engineering geological conditions of Carpathian Foredeep amd Carpathian Flysch zone
13. Case studies of regional engineering geological study of rock environment in selected areas
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
MATULA, M. Regional engineering geology of Carpathians. Bratislav: Slovenská kartografia, 1970. 1 sv. p.
ANDERSON, J. G. C. Field geology in the British Isles : a guide to regional excursions. 1st ed. Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York: Pergamon Press, 1983. xi, 324 p. p. ISBN 0080220541 soft).
WYLLIE, D. C. (1992): Foundations on rock. Spon, London.
BELL, F. G. et al.(1992): Engineering in Rock Masses. Butterworth, Oxford.
MATULA, M., PAŠEK, J. Regionálna inžinierska geológia ČSSR, 1. vyd., Alfa, 296 str. 1986.
PAŠEK, J., MATULA, M. et al. (1995): Inženýrská geologie. díl II., Česká matice technická, Praha
HULLA, J., TURČEK, P.(1998): Zakladanie stavieb. Jaga group, Bratislava.
KNIGHT, M. J. et al. (1983): Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology, Enviromental Geology. Geol. Soc. of Australia, Sydney.
Recommended Reading:
HRASNA, M. Engineering geology in urban development and regional planning. Eighth International Congress International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment, Proceedings, Vols 1-5, 1998, 979-982.
KLEB, B. The role of engineering geology in the urban development and regional planning. Engineering Geology and the Environment, Vols 1-3, 1997, 1299-1301.
GIANI, P. G.(1992): Rock Slope Stability Analyssis. Balkema, Rotterdam.
BLYTH. F. G. H. (1984): A Geology for Engineers. Arnold, London
MATULA, M. Geológia v územnom plánovaní a výstavbe. Bratislava: Príroda, 1995. 213 s.
MARSCHALKO, M., MÜLLEROVÁ, J., IDES, D. (2003): Svahové deformace - výukové multimediální texty, Fond rozvoje vysokých škol, Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, http://geologie.vsb.cz/svadef/.
GIANI, P. G.(1992): Rock Slope Stability Analyssis. Balkema, Rotterdam.
KNIGHT, M. J. et al. (1983): Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology, Enviromental Geology. Geol. Soc. of Australia, Sydney.
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ExaminationExamination100 51