PřF:G4101 Structural geology - Course Information

G4101 Structural geology and geotectonics

Extent and Intensity

3/1. 4 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vojtěch Dvořák (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Chadima, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.

Timetable of Seminar Groups

G4101/a: No timetable has been entered into IS.
G4101/b: No timetable has been entered into IS.
G4101/O1: No timetable has been entered into IS.
G4101/O2: No timetable has been entered into IS.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! G4100 Structural geology

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, B-GE)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE)
• Geology - Museology (programme PřF, B-GE)

Course objectives (in Czech)

Předmět seznamuje posluchače se základy tektonické terminologie a hlavními poznatky oboru.

Syllabus

• Structure and deformation. Force, stress on a plane, stress at a point, principal stresses, Mohr diagram. Strain in one dimension. Strain in two dimensions, strain ellipse, practical strain measurement. Strain in three dimensions, strain ellipsoide. Kinematics, pure and simple shear, kinematic markers, shear zones. Deformation mechanisms, plastic deformation, recrystalization, fracturing. Sedimentary structures, sedimentological markers. Magmatic structures. Description and classifcation of folds, mechanics of folding, refolded folds. Faults, joints and cleavage. Normal and thrust faults, strike-slip fault. Nappes.

Literature

• JAROŠ, Josef and Josef VACHTL. Strukturní geologie obecná a systematická. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1978, 270 s. info
• JAROŠ, Josef and Josef VACHTL. Strukturní geologie obecná a systematická. Vyd. 1.. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1978, 347 s. info
• JAROŠ, Josef and Josef VACHTL. Strukturní geologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 437 s. ISBN 8020001344. info
• Základy strukturní geologie a tektoniky s aplikací na severní oblast moravsko-slezské smykové zóny. Edited by Petr Rajlich. Zlaté Hory: Unigeo, 1991, 110 s. info
• RAJLICH, Petr. Variská duktilní tektonika Českého masívu. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Český geologický ústav, 1993, 172 s., 20. ISBN 80-7075-131-2. info
• KUMPERA, Otakar and Jan FOLDYNA. Všeobecná geologie. Edited by Vojtech Zorkovský. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1988, 521 s. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• GI221 3D modelling in Leapfrog Geo software
  G3021 || G3021k || G4101 || G4101k  
• G7321 Plate Tectonics and Orogeny
  (G4100||G4101||G4101k) && ( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW(G0101)&&NOW(C7777)))  
• G7321k Plate Tectonics and Orogeny
  (G4100||G4101||G4101k) && ( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW(G0101)&&NOW(C7777)))  
• G7631 Tectonophysics
  G4101||G4101k  

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