PřF:G7321 Plate Tectonics and Orogeny - Course Information
G7321 Plate Tectonics and Orogeny
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
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 - Prerequisites
- ( 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 chemical substances )))
The student should be familiar with basic terminology structural geology. Completion of the course G4101 is a condition for students of the Bachelor's degree in Geology. - 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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 9/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 9/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 32 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Student will be taught about the principles of plate tectonics.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course the student will be able to solve:
- simple tasks from a plate tectonics quantitatively, graphically or numerically
- simple tasks from geometry of orogens - Syllabus
- Axioms of plate tectonics
- Types of boundaries between two plates and their geometry
- Types of triple junction points and their stability
- Volocity diagrams
- Plate tectonics in plane - graphical solution of tasks
- Pole and rotation speed of tectonic plates
- Plate Tectonics on a ball - Graphic Solution of Tasks
- Causes of Plate Movement
- 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
- SYKES, L. R. Plate tectonics and great earthquakes : 50 years of earth-shaking events. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019, xii, 256. ISBN 9780231186889. info
- SCHETTINO, Antonio. Quantitative plate tectonics : physics of the earth - plate kinematics - geodynamics. Cham: Springer, 2015, xiv, 403. ISBN 9783319091341. info
- FRISCH, Wolfgang, Martin MESCHEDE and Ronald C. BLAKEY. Plate tectonics : continental drift and mountain building. Heidelberg: Springer, 2011, viii, 212. ISBN 9783540765035. info
- 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
- PARK, R. G. Foundations of structural geology. 3rd ed. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997, xii, 202. ISBN 0412644002. 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
- DE PAOR, Declan G. Structural geology and personal computers. 1st ed. Oxford: Pergamon, 1996, xvi, 527. ISBN 0080431100. info
- TWISS, Robert J. and Eldridge M. MOORES. Structural geology. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1992, 532 s. ISBN 0-7167-2252-6. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and practical exercises.
- Assessment methods
- Written test with practical problems.
- 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 2024/2025.
The course is taught: every week. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- G8221 Practical Tectonics in Field
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- G8221 Practical Tectonics in Field
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