GA481 Slope failures

Faculty of Science
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ivo Baroň, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr. (deputy)
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ivo Baroň, Ph.D.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
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
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Course objectives
Lecture enable the students to get a basic knowledge on the slope failures from the interdisciplinary point of view (engineering and quatenary geology, geomorphology, etc.)
Learning outcomes
The absolvent of the course will then:
- have a general overview of the slope failure research;
- be able to identify slope failures in the field;
- get a basic praxis in the field-research methods;
Syllabus
  • 1. Slope failures - types and processes. 2. Basic methods of slope failures research. 3. Slope movements dynamics. 4. Slope failures as natural hazard. 5. Field trip (2 days)
Literature
  • BLÁHA, Pavel. Geofyzika a svahové deformace. První vydání. v Bratislave: Universita Komenského, 2017, xiv, 338. ISBN 9788022344210. info
  • DEMEK, Jaromír, Marek HAVLÍČEK, Karel KIRCHNER, Oldřich KREJČÍ, Stanislav KUTÁLEK and Peter MACKOVČIN. Svahové deformace v NPR Pulčín - Hradisko (CHKO Beskydy). In BAROŇ, Ivo, Jan KLIMEŠ and Dagmar KAŠPERÁKOVÁ. Svahové deformace a pseudokras 2007. Vsetín: Česká geologická služba, Ústav struktury a mechaniky hornin Akademie věd ČR, 2007. info
  • BAROŇ, Ivo. Svahové deformace. Edited by Václav G. Cílek. 2002, 26 l. info
  • MENCL, Vojtěch and Quido ZÁRUBA. Sesuvy a zabezpečování svahů. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1987, 338 s. info
Teaching methods
Field work, map and digital-terrain model analysis, study of published materials, class discussions;
Assessment methods
pesentation of your own fieldwork in small teams
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2023/2024.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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