PřF:G1141k Optical Microscopy in Geology - Course Information
G1141k Optical Microscopy in Geology
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Dalibor Všianský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Nela Doláková, CSc. (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.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( G1061k Mineralogy || G1061 Mineralogy ) && ( G1081k Palaeontology || G1081 Palaeontology ) && ! G2141 Minerals and Rock Microscopy && ( (!(PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemicals )))
- 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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Applied and Environmental Geology (programme PřF, B-GE)
- Geology combined with Archaeology (programme PřF, B-GE)
- Geology combined with Archaeology (programme PřF, N-GE)
- Geology (programme PřF, B-GE)
- Geology (programme PřF, N-GE)
- Administrative Geology (programme PřF, B-GE)
- Course objectives
- At the and of this course, students should be able to: independently work with polarisation microscope and binocular magnifying glass and work with basic principles of minerals optics, identify basic rock-forming minerals and microfossils.
- Syllabus
- 1. Basic information about optical property of minerals 2. Working with polarization microscope 3. Working with binocular magnifying microscope 4. Identification of basic minerals:quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase, muscovite, biotite, olivine, pyroxene, hornblende 5. Identification of basic types of microfossils: Foraminifera, Ostracoda, Porifera, Conodonta
- Literature
- GREGEROVÁ, Miroslava, Bohuslav FOJT and Václav VÁVRA. Mikroskopie horninotvorných a technických minerálů (Microscopy rock-forming and technical minerals). 1st ed. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2002, 315 pp. monografie. ISBN 80-7028-195-2. info
- POKORNÝ, Vladimír. Základy zoologické mikropaleontologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1954, 650 s. info
- Teaching methods
- Basic theoretical lectures and practical exercises with microscope
- Assessment methods
- Written test and practical determination of basic individual groups of minerals and microfossils in microscope.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Pouze prezenční varianta. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- G5531 Practical preparation of geological sections
typ_studia(ND) && (G1141||G1141k)
- G5531 Practical preparation of geological sections
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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