PřF:G5081k Geochemistry I - Course Information
G5081k Geochemistry I
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Pavel Pracný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Pavel Pracný, 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 - Prerequisites
- ! G5081 Geochemistry I
G1061 Mineralogy G3021 Petrology I High school chemistry. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 15 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The lecture is an introductory course providing geoscience students introductory information about chemical composition of Earth and Space and main processes participating on their evolution. It is a basis for further study in masters programme for students interested in more chemically focused study of Earth systems.
- Learning outcomes
- 1. Students recognize importance and utilization of geochemical approach in study of the Earth.
2. Students are able to interconnect chemical laws and properties on micro-level with their manifestation on macro-scale.
3. Students know the principles which formed and determine composition of universe, Earth and its fluid cover and are able to compare and explain the differences.
4. Students know the fundamental geochemical risks influencing natural environment and human society. - Syllabus
- The lecture is an introductory course to one of the basic geological disciplines on the bachelor level. Students are familiarized with the chemical composition of Earth and its changes, with basic processes of its chemical evolution and tools of geochemistry research.
- 1. Studying Earth via chemical methods, history of chemistry
- 2. Principles of thermodynamics
- 3. Cosmochemistry (origin and composition of Space)
- 4. Radioactive and radiogenic isotopes in geology
- 5. Stable isotopes in geochemistry
- 6. Binding, structures and surfaces
- 7. Geosphere, geochemistry of magmatic and metamorphic processes
- 8. Atmosphere, cycles, climate change
- 9. Hydrosphere, aquatic geochemistry
- 10. Weathering, sedimentation and diagenesis, soils
- 11. Organic geochemistry, biogeochemistry
- 12. Environmental geochemistry, anthropogenic risks
- Literature
- recommended literature
- FAURE, Gunter. Principles and applications of geochemistry : a comprehensive textbook for geology students. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1991, xv, 600. ISBN 0023364505. info
- GILL, Robin. Chemical fundamentals of geology and evinronmental geoscience. Third edition. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley Blackwell, 2015, xii, 267. ISBN 9780470656655. info
- MISRA, Kula C. Introduction to geochemistry : principles and applications. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, xiv, 438. ISBN 9781405121422. info
- WHITE, William M. Geochemistry. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, vii, 660. ISBN 9780470656686. info
- Geochemie. Edited by Vladimír Bouška. Praha: Academia, 1980, 555 s. URL info
- not specified
- DREVER, James I. The Geochemistry of Natural Waters. Prentice Hall, 1997, 450 pp. ISBN 0-13-272790-0. info
- KRAUSKOPF, Konrad Bates and Dennis K. BIRD. Introduction to geochemistry. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995, 647 s. ISBN 0070358206. info
- HOVORKA, Dušan and Miloš SUK. Geochemie geologických procesů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1988, 140 s. info
- Teaching methods
- Online lectures from the record, live consultations and exercises, homework - working with literature, examples, working with diagrams
- Assessment methods
- Written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Dle plánu distanční výuky.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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