Course: Petrology for Doctoral Studies

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Course title Petrology for Doctoral Studies
Course code KGE/PGPDS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jirásek Jakub, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Core topics include the topics: 1) rock structures and textures; 2) petrological methodology and analytical techniques; 3) igneous rocks - origin, classification, occurrence; 4) sedimentary rocks - origin, classification, occurrence; 5) metamorphic rocks - origin, classification, occurrence; 6-7) consultation of specific topics (rocks or their groups) for the preparation of a doctoral dissertation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The subject aims to provide students with more detailed information about petrology and modern methods of petrological research.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Regular weekly oral consultations, ending with an oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Fettes, D., Desmons, J., Árkai, P., Brodie, K., Bryhni, I., Callegari, E., Coutinho, J., Davis, E., Grieve, R., Harte, B., Kräutner, H., Pertsev, N., Rosen, O., Rusinov, V., Sassi, F., Schmid, R., Sen, S., Siivola, J., Smulikowski, W., Stöffler, D., Wimmenauer, W., Zharikov, V. (2007). Metamorphic rocks: A classification and glossary of terms. Recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommission on the Systematics of Metamorphic Rocks. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
  • Le Maitre, R. W., Streckeisen, A., Zanettin, B., Le Bas, M. J., Bonin, B., Bateman, P., Bellieni, G., Dudek, A., Efremova, S., Keller, J., Lameyre, J., Sabine, P. A., Schmid, R., S?rensen, H., Woolley, A. R. (2002). Igneous rocks: A classification and glossary of terms. Recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
  • Middleton, G. V. (2003). Encyclopedia of sedimets and sedimentary rocks. Springer, Netherlands.
  • Noel P. James and Brian Jones. (2015). Origin of Carbonate Sedimentary. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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