GB401 Environmental geology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Petr Sulovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Běla Hrbková
Prerequisites
! GB400 Environmental geology
Passing of G6081 (Geochemie II) and GB401 with grade A or B, proficiency in English
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
Course objectives
The course will combine a theoretical approach to geochemical processes that influence the quality of the environment with practical demonstrations of the results of remediation measures that have been taken so far. The field demonstrations will be delivered using the experience of local experts from industry, civil authorities, and academia.
Syllabus
  • Lecture Part

    Lecture Block I: Scope, aim and schedule of the course; Natural resources of the Czech Republic; Geology and Environment in the Federal Republic of Germany; Natural and anthropogenic contamination of soils: Arsenic in geosphere

    Lecture Block II: Coal combustion and waste management (Chvaletice, Radvanice), solid waste management (Příbram); Sampling strategy, Samples laboratory processing

    Lecture Block III: Water-rock-atmosphere interaction - key process of environment formation; Weathering of rock and minerals: Principles (acid-base and redox reactions); Human output to the atmosphere - acid rain; Carbonate and iron - key systems in stabilizing environment conditions. Acid rain drainage (Jizerské hory); Acid mine drainage (Rožínka, Chvaletice); Principles of Risk Assessment

    Field Part (Locality / phenomena demonstrated):

    Uranium mine Dolní Rožínka:     U-processing plant, waste pond, remediation

    Rožná - Olší: U-mine waters, environmental impact on Hadůvka creek

    Radvanice: Burning coal heap, remediation

    Trutnov: Fluidised bed combustion power plant Poříčí

    Stráž pod Ralskem: U-mine in situ underground leaching, remediation

    Jizera mountains: Dead forest, remediation, Al-rich surface waters

    Mokrsko: Au ore deposit, arsenopyrite weathering - environmental impact

    Příbram: Kovohutě - scrap lead processing

    Chvaletice: Power station with classical combustion; fly ash pond, Fe-Mn mine: acid mine drainage

    Laboratory work on samples taken in the field:

    Electron microscopy and microanalysis (solid samples)

    X-Ray diffraction (solid samples)

    AAS (waters)

    Sequential extraction - AAS (soil samples)

    Preparation of project presentation (6 team projects)
Literature
  • Keller, Edward. E. Environmental Geology. New York, Prentice Hall, 1999, 562 s. ISBN: 0130224669
  • Ehlers, Eckart, Krafft, Thomas (Editors). Understanding the Earth System : Compartments, Processes, and Interactions. Berlin: Springer Verlag; ISBN: 3540675159
  • BROWNING, G.R.J., Marek SLOBODNÍK and David ATHERTON. Environmental Geology: Development of a Short Course for Masaryk University, Czech Republic. International Mining and Minerals. London: IMM, 2000, vol. 3, No 30, p. 149-152. ISSN 1461-4715. info
  • BELL, Frederic Gladstone. Environmental geology :principles and practice. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1998, ix, 594 s. ISBN 0-86542-875-1. info
  • MONTGOMERY, Carla W. and David DATHE. Earth then and now. Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1997, xvi, 596 s. ISBN 0-697-28281-3. info
  • BENNETT, Matthew and Peter DOYLE. Environmental geology : geology and the human environment. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1997, 501 s. ISBN 0471974595. info
  • MURCK, Barbara Winifred, Brian J. SKINNER and Stephen C. PORTER. Environmental geology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996, 535 s. ISBN 0471303569. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Výuka proběhne 5.-23.9.2001.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 19D.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2002, recent)
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