PřF:G4101 Structural geology - Course Information

G4101 Structural geology and geotectonics

Extent and Intensity

3/1. 4 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Janečka (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Jiří Rez, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Běla Hrbková

Timetable

Wed 14:00–16:50 G1,01004, Wed 17:00–17:50 G1,01004

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! G4100 Structural geology

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 62 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/62, only registered: 0/62, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/62

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives (in Czech)

Předmět seznamuje posluchače se základy tektonické terminologie a hlavními poznatky oboru.

Syllabus

• Structure and deformation. Force, stress on a plane, stress at a point, principal stresses, Mohr diagram. Strain in one dimension. Strain in two dimensions, strain ellipse, practical strain measurement. Strain in three dimensions, strain ellipsoide. Kinematics, pure and simple shear, kinematic markers, shear zones. Deformation mechanisms, plastic deformation, recrystalization, fracturing. Sedimentary structures, sedimentological markers. Magmatic structures. Description and classifcation of folds, mechanics of folding, refolded folds. Faults, joints and cleavage. Normal and thrust faults, strike-slip fault. Nappes.

Literature

• 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
• JAROŠ, Josef and Josef VACHTL. Strukturní geologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 437 s. ISBN 8020001344. info
• Základy strukturní geologie a tektoniky s aplikací na severní oblast moravsko-slezské smykové zóny. Edited by Petr Rajlich. Zlaté Hory: Unigeo, 1991, 110 s. info
• RAJLICH, Petr. Variská duktilní tektonika Českého masívu. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Český geologický ústav, 1993, 172 s., 20. ISBN 80-7075-131-2. info
• KUMPERA, Otakar and Jan FOLDYNA. Všeobecná geologie. Edited by Vojtech Zorkovský. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1988, 521 s. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• GI221 3D modelling in Leapfrog Geo software
  G3021 || G3021k || G4101 || G4101k  
• G7321 Plate Tectonics and Orogeny
  (G4100||G4101||G4101k) && ( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW(G0101)&&NOW(C7777)))  
• G7321k Plate Tectonics and Orogeny
  (G4100||G4101||G4101k) && ( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW(G0101)&&NOW(C7777)))  
• G7631 Tectonophysics
  G4101||G4101k  

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