PřF:G7321k Plate Tectonics and Orogeny - Course Information

G7321k Plate Tectonics and Orogeny

Extent and Intensity

2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

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.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science

Timetable

Fri 23. 10. 13:00–16:00 Gp,02006, Fri 20. 11. 9:00–16:00 Gp,02006, Fri 4. 12. 9:00–10:00 Gp,02006

Prerequisites (in Czech)

( G4100 Structural geology || G4101 Structural geology || G4101k Structural geology ) && ( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemicals )))
Posluchač by měl být seznámen se základní terminologií strukturní geologie. Absolvování předmětu G4101 Structural geology and geotectonics je pro posluchače bakalářského studia Geologie podmínkou.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Student will be taught about the principles of plate tectonics.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will be able to solve:
- simple tasks from a plate tectonics quantitatively, graphically or numerically
- simple tasks from geometry of orogens

Syllabus

• Axioms of plate tectonics
• Types of boundaries between two plates and their geometry
• Types of triple junction points and their stability
• Volocity diagrams
• Plate tectonics in plane - graphical solution of tasks
• Pole and rotation speed of tectonic plates
• Plate Tectonics on a ball - Graphic Solution of Tasks
• Causes of Plate Movement

Literature

• TWISS, Robert J. and Eldridge M. MOORES. Structural geology. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1992, 532 s. ISBN 0-7167-2252-6. info
• DE PAOR, Declan G. Structural geology and personal computers. 1st ed. Oxford: Pergamon, 1996, xvi, 527 s. ISBN 0-08-042430-9. info
• PARK, R. G. Foundations of structural geology. 3rd ed. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997, xii, 202. ISBN 0412644002. info
• Plate tectonics : an insider's history of the modern theory of the Earth. Edited by Naomi Oreskes. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2003, xxiv, 424. ISBN 0813341329. info
• MERLE, Olivier. Emplacement mechanisms of nappes and thrust sheets. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998, viii, 159. ISBN 0792348796. info
• PLUMMER, Charles C. and David MCGEARY. Interactive plate tectonics. Dubugue: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1996, 1 CD-ROM. ISBN 0-697-28731-9. info
• ROWLAND, Stephen Mark and Ernest M. DUEBENDORFER. Structural analysis and synthesis : a laboratory course in structural geology. 2nd ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Science, 1994, xi, 279. ISBN 0865423660. info
• COX, Allan and R. Brian HART. Plate tectonics : how it works. Palo Alto, Calif.: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1986, xxi, 392. ISBN 086542313X. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and practical exercises.

Assessment methods

Written test with practical problems. In the case of a crisis pandemic situation, the course will be completed in the autumn semester of 2020 by distance form.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřen v podzimním semestru 2020/2021.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět lze v tomto roce výjimečně zapsat opakovaně (změna obsahu)

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
  
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