PřF:G7321 Tectonics - Course Information

G7321 Tectonics

Extent and Intensity

2/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr. (lecturer)
Ing. Lucie Homolová (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science

Timetable

Mon 13:00–14:50 G1,01004, Tue 15:00–16:50 Bp1,01007, Wed 11:00–12:50 Bp1,01007

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

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Prerequisites (in Czech)

( G4100 Structural geology || G4101 Structural geology || G4101k Structural geology ) && ( (!( PROGRAM ( B - GE )|| PROGRAM ( N - GE )|| PROGRAM ( D - GE4 )|| PROGRAM ( D - GE )|| PROGRAM ( C - CV ))) || ( NOW ( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&& NOW ( C7777 Handling chemicals )))
Posluchač by měl být seznámen se základní terminologií strukturní geologie. Absolvování předmětu G4101 Structural geology and geotectonics je pro posluchače bakalářského studia Geologie podmínkou.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 90 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/90, only registered: 0/90, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/90

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Na konci kurzu bude student schopen:
řešit jednoduché úlohy z deskové tektoniky kvantitativně, graficky nebo numericky
řešit jednoduché úlohy z geometrie orogénů

Syllabus

• Axiomy deskové tektoniky
• Typy rozhraní dvou desek a jejich geometrie
• Typy trojných bodů a jejich stabilita
• Pole rychlostí
• Desková tektonika v rovině - grafické řešení úloh
• Pól a rychlost rotace desek
• Desková tektonika na kouli - grafické řešení úloh
• Příčiny pohybu desek

Literature

required literature
• COX, Allan and R. Brian HART. Plate tectonics : how it works. Palo Alto, Calif.: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1986, xxi, 392. ISBN 086542313X. info

recommended literature
• MERLE, Olivier. Emplacement mechanisms of nappes and thrust sheets. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998, viii, 159. ISBN 0792348796. info
• ROWLAND, Stephen Mark and Ernest M. DUEBENDORFER. Structural analysis and synthesis : a laboratory course in structural geology. 2nd ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Science, 1994, xi, 279. ISBN 0865423660. info

not specified
• Plate tectonics : an insider's history of the modern theory of the Earth. Edited by Naomi Oreskes. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2003, xxiv, 424. ISBN 0813341329. info
• PLUMMER, Charles C. and David MCGEARY. Interactive plate tectonics. Dubugue: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1996, 1 CD-ROM. ISBN 0-697-28731-9. info

Teaching methods (in Czech)

Přednášky a praktická cvičení.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Písemný test s praktickým řešením úloh

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřen v podzimním semestru 2012/2014.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět lze v tomto roce výjimečně zapsat opakovaně (změna obsahu)

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• G8221 Practical Tectonics in Field
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