PřF:G8120 Geology of the Brno region - Course Information
G8120 Geology of the Brno region and its environs
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2001
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Antonín Přichystal, DSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Antonín Přichystal, DSc. - 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
- Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE)
- Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, N-GE)
- Course objectives
- Position of Brno at the contact between the Bohemian Massif and the West Carpathians. The problems of separation of the Brno unit. The Brno Massif as a part of the Brunovistulicum. Eastern and Western granitoid parts of the Brno Massif, the metabazite zone, occurrences of crystalline mantle rocks. Moravo-silesian Devonian in the Moravian Karst development: basal clastic rocks, the Macocha Formation, the Líšeň Formation. Lower Carboniferous in the Culm development. Mesozoic sedimentary rocks: Jurassic limestones in the area of Brno and in the surroundings of Olomučany, the Rudice Formation, the Upper Cretaceous in the Blansko ramp valley. Neogene sedimentary rocks as a filling of the Carpathian Foredeep: Eggenburgian - Ottnangian clastic rocks, sedimentary rocks of the Carpathian, clastic rocks of the Lower Badenian, Lithothamnion limestones. The Quaternary cover, eolian and fluvial sedimentary rocks. Settlment in the Brno basin during prehistory. Raw material basis used and prospective. Rocks as raw materials for buildings in the Middle Ages and the present.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2001, recent)
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