G7651 Instrumental methods in petrology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Leichmann, Dr. rer. nat. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Jana Kotková, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vojtěch Wertich, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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
( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemicals )))
Completion of the course G3021 Petrology I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 38 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/38, only registered: 0/38, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/38
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to understand problems of instrumental and analytical and geophysical methods used in petrology, and evaluate the responsibility of individual methods to solve the particular problem.
Syllabus
  • Field-work instruments
  • Gamaspectrometry, magnetometry, gravimetry
  • Laboratory instruments
  • Whole-rock analyses, point analyses, stable and radiogenic isotops
  • Accessory minerals
  • Methods of data interpretation
  • Tectonic interpretions
Literature
  • HALL, Anthony. Igneous petrology. 2nd ed. Essex: Longman Group, 1996, xiv, 551. ISBN 0582230802. info
  • MCLANE, Michael. Sedimentology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995, xiii, 423. ISBN 0195078683. info
  • BLATT, Harvey. Sedimentary petrology. 2nd ed. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1992, 514 s. ISBN 0-7167-2273-9. info
  • KONOPÁSEK, Jiří. Metamorfní petrologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 241 s. ISBN 8071846686. info
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
Lectures, written tests. The student should answer several questions in form of fluent sentences
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřen v podzimním semestru 2015/2016.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
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