Course: Applied and Structural Geology

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Course title Applied and Structural Geology
Course code KGE/XASG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Bábek Ondřej, prof. Mgr. Dr.
  • Rez Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Structural geology and structural analysis - Primary structure of magmatic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks - Deformation, Stress and Strain, Lithospheric stress, Rheology - Kinematics and úaleostress analysis - Contractional, extensional, strike-slip, transpressional and transtensional regimes - Brittle deformation, Faults, Shear zones and mylonites - Salt tectonics - Folds and folding - Foliation and cleavage, lineations, boudinage - Orientation analysis, stereographic projection - Properties and physical behaviour of Soils and Rocks - Geological Materials used in Constructions - Methods of Site Investigation for Engineering Geology Exploration - Geological hazards, natural and anthropogenic, slope processes - Geology and Construction (open excavations, tunnels, underground caverns, dams and dam sites, highways, railroads, bridges, etc.)

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Written exam, 80 % attendance at labs, PowerPoint presentation
Recommended literature
  • Bell, F. G. (2007). Engineering Geology. 2nd ed.. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
  • Davis, G. H., Reynolds, S. J. (1996). Structural geology of rocks and regions. 2nd ed.. J. Wiley and Sons, New York.
  • Fossen, H. (2010). Structural Geology. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.
  • Ramsay, J. - Huber, M. (1984). The techniques of modern structural geology 1, 307 s. Academic Press.
  • Ramsay, J. - Huber, M. (1987). The techniques of modern structural geology 2, 391 s. Academic Press.


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