Course Details
Geology
Academic Year 2024/25
BF001 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
5 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Introduction, Earth’s interior, Historical geology, basic rock classification, rock forming minerals and their properties.
2. Rock structure – generally; Igneous rock structure, basic types of plutonic and volcanic rocks.
3. Basic types of sedimentary rocks, properties, behaviour and application of sedimentary rocks.
4. Basic types of sedimentary rocks, properties, behaviour and application of sedimentary rocks.
5. Basic types of metamorphic rocks, properties, behaviour and application of metamorphic rocks.
6. Endogenous processes in the Earth’s crust.
7. Exogenous processes in the Earth’s crust.
8. Landslides.
9. Ground water and springs.
10. Geological maps and information sources, methods of investigation of foundation ground.
11. Basics of regional geology of the Bohemian massif and Western Carpathians on the territory of the Czech Republic.
12. Overview of basic types of foundation ground in relation to geological characteristics.
13. Basic tasks of engineering geology in construction in relation to environmental aspects. Exploatation of rocks and their application in building industry.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Work schedule of the seminars. Sources of information, study literature. Prerequisites.
2. Minerals and textures of igneous rocks.
3. Overview of igneous rocks.
4. Entering essay. Safety fieldwork. Minerals and textures of sedimentary rocks. Overview of sedimentary rocks.
5. Overview of sedimentary rocks - complete. Minerals and textures of metamorphic rocks. Overview of metamorphic rocks.
6. Consultation on the essay - description of rock material from the selected location, classification.
7. Consultation on the essay - description of rock material from the selected location, classification.
8. Repeat petrography - Preparation for credit.Checking text essay. Geological maps.
9. Repeat petrography - Preparation for credit.Checking text essay. Geological maps.
10. Description of rock material for credit.
11. The defense seminar work.
12. Geological field trip.
13. Credit.