GS121 Tectonics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: -.
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: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Základní zanlosti ze strukturní geologie a geoltektoniky.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 999 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/999, only registered: 0/999
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Syllabus
  • Thematic content of the test: 1 Structural geology, general concepts, principles, methods and principles of classification structures 2 Geometry of deformation: - The main types of variables that determine the deformation (Stretch, extension, elongation, shear, shear angle, elipticity) - Strain Ellipse, strain ellipsoid - Deformation of the competent bed in cross-section and in 3D - Methods for strain determination 3 Kinematics of deformation: - Simple and pure shear, asymmetrical structures 4 Dynamics of deformation: - Variables: force, stress vector, stress state (tensor) - Normal and tangential stresses, maximal stress, Mohr's construction 5 Mechanisms of deformation: - Rheological properties of materials, basic types of deformation of the continuum (Elastic, plastic, brittle) - External factors of deformation (temperature, pressure, strain rate, fluid pressure) - Deformation of crystal, lattice defects, dislocations - Mechanisms of crastal deformation (dislocations, Weertmann creep, Nabarro-Herring creep, mechanical twinning) - Brittle deformation, angle of internal friction, Mohr's envelope, the main types of brittle fractures 6 The primary structure - Classification of primary structures, geological bodies - Sedimentary structures, sedimentary indicators (facing, flow direction, the direction of inclination of the bottom, regressions) - Igneous structure (flow structures, depositional structures - cumulates, fractures in magmatic rocks) ring structures (subvolcanic structures) 7 Non-tectonic deformation - Diapirs - Collapse the structure (calderas), impact structures - Landslides, olistolithes - Structures forming by volume changes (compaction), diagenetic structures - Glacitectonic cryotectonic structures 8 Homogeneous deformation - Tektonites L, S, L-S - Preferred orientation and preferred arrangement 9 Folds - Geometrical elements of folds, classification according to the geometric elements (Including Fourier harmonic analysis, Ramsay classification) - Genetic clasifications of folds (mechanisms of folding) - The relative age of the folds (re-folded folds, other relationships) 10 Faults - Geometric elements of the faults, classification based on diferrent geometric elements - Size groups of fault structures (cleavage, joints, faults) their description, classification, formation - Genetic types of fault structures (tension faults = veins or dykes, shear faults - normal, inverse, dextral, sinistral slips, compression - stylolites) - Determining paleostress 11 Orogens and platforms - nappes - description, classification, formation, documentation - Construction and development of orogen - Geosynclinal theory - Tectonics of platforms 12 Plate tectonics - Principles of plate tectonics - Evidence of plate tectonics and contradictions - Characteristics of the interplate boundaries - The possible causes of plate motion (why convection currents don't move with plates!) 13 The overall composition of Earth - Basic structural composition of Earth, characteristics of geospheres - Evidence for the existence of the building - Creation of the Earth, the evidence
Literature
  • JAROŠ, Josef and Josef VACHTL. Strukturní geologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 437 s. ISBN 8020001344. info
  • 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
  • CHÁB, Jan. Desková tektonika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1983, 234 s. info
  • COX, Allan and Robert Brian HART. Tektonika plit. Edited by A. F. Gračev, Translated by A. A. Kalačnikova - V. L. Pan'kova. Moskva: Mir, 1989, 427 s. ISBN 5-03-000920-5. info
  • RAMSAY, John G. and Martin I. HUBER. The techniques of modern structural geology. Volume 1, Strain analysis. London: Academic Press, 1983, v-xiii s.,. ISBN 0-12-576901-6. info
  • RAMSAY, John G. and Martin I. HUBER. The techniques of modern structural geology. Volume 2, Folds and fractures. London: Academic Press, 1987, v-xi s., s. ISBN 0-12-576902-4. info
  • RAMSEY, John G. and Richard J. LISLE. The techniques of modern structural geology. London: Academic Press, 2000, xi, s. ISBN 0125769237. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, autumn 2017, spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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