PřF:GA500 Deep structure and petrology

GA500 Deep structure and petrology of the Earths interior

Faculty of Science
Spring 2000

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Miloslav Suk, DrSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE, specialization Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography)

Syllabus

Deep structure of the lithosphere. The Earths crust, mantle and core. Asthenopshere. The oceanic and continental lithosphere and lithospheric plates. Geophysical metods in investigation of the Earth,s deep structure (seismic and seismologic data, gravity, magmatic and electric fields, geotermal investigation, paleomagnetics). Deep drilling in oceanic crust. Deep drilling in continental crust. Deep drilling on the territory of the Czech republic. Contributions of the petrology and geochemistry, petrological models of the lithosphere. Deep structure of the Earth and other cosmic objects. Petrology of rocks of the deep origin I. Exotic xenolits. Petrology of the rocks of the deep origin. II. Basalts, ultrabasic rocks, migmatites, granulites and eclogites. The processes in the lithosphere. The migration of the energy and mass, the evolution of the lithosphere, metamorphismus, origin of magmas. Lithosphere of the Central Europe I. Lithosphere of the Central Europe II.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002.