PřF:G8321 Quantitative Plate Tectonics - Course Information

G8321 Quantitative Methods in Plate Tectonics

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.

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: Běla Hrbková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! G8320 Quantitative Plate Tectonics &&( G5121 Geotectonics || G5120 Geotectonics )
Posluchač by měl být seznámen se základy teorie deskové tektoniky.

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 32 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/32, only registered: 0/32, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/32

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Geological Sciences (programme PřF, D-GE) (2)
• Geological Sciences (programme PřF, D-GE, specialization Geochemistry) (2)
• Geological Sciences (programme PřF, D-GE, specialization Geology) (2)
• Geological Sciences (programme PřF, D-GE, specialization Complex Study of Tertiary) (2)
• Geological Sciences (programme PřF, D-GE, specialization Interdisciplinary Study of Quaternary) (2)
• Geological Sciences (programme PřF, D-GE, specialization Mineralogy and Petrography) (2)
• Geological Sciences (programme PřF, D-GE, specialization Paleontology) (2)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, B-GE)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE, specialization Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE, specialization Geology and Hydrogeology)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE, specialization Geology and Paleontology - Geology)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE, specialization Geology and Paleontology - Paleontology)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE, specialization Geology and Environment)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, M-GE, specialization Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, N-GE)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, N-GE, specialization Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, N-GE, specialization Geology and Hydrogeology)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, N-GE, specialization Geology and Paleontology - Geology)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, N-GE, specialization Geology and Paleontology - Paleontology)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, N-GE, specialization Geology and Environment)
• Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry (programme PřF, N-GE, specialization Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology)
• Geology - Museology (programme PřF, B-GE)
• Geology combined with Archaeology (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
• Geology combined with Archaeology (programme PřF, N-GE) (2)
• Geology for Multi-Branches Study (programme PřF, B-FY) (2)
• Geology for Multi-Branches Study (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
• Geology for Multi-Branches Study (programme PřF, B-GK) (2)
• Geology for Multi-Branches Study (programme PřF, B-CH)
• Geology for Multi-Branches Study (programme PřF, B-MA)
• Geology (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
• Geology (programme PřF, N-GE) (2)
• Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-BI)
• Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-FY)
• Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GE)
• Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
• Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-CH)
• Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-IO)
• Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-MA)
• Museological Geology (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
• Study to Extending Teaching Qualification (programme PřF, C-CV, specialization Geology)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geology (programme PřF, N-GE)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geology (programme PřF, N-SS)

Course objectives

Předmět je určen především pro posluchače magisterského studia. Hlavním obsahem předmětu jsou praktická a kvantitativní řešení různých problémů souvisejících s deskovou tektonikou.

Syllabus

• History of plate tectonics, plate margins, plate velocities, plate tectonics in a plane, dplate tectonics on sphere surface, plate tectonics forces

Literature

• Cox: Plate tectonics: How it works.
• CHÁB, Jan. Desková tektonika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1983, 234 s. info
• LE PICHON, Xavier, J. FRANCHETEAU and J. BONNIN. Tektonika plit. Moskva: Mir, 1977, 286 s. info
• Novaja global'naja tektonika (tektonika plit) : sbornik statej. Edited by Lev Pavlovič Zonenšajn - Aleksandr Aleksandrovič Kovalev, Translate. Moskva: Mir, 1974, 471 s. info
• MIYASHIRO, Akiho, Keiichi AKI and A. M. Celâl ŞENGÖR. Orogenez. Moskva: Mir, 1985, 285 s. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Výuka proběhne v jarním semestru 2007/2008.
The course is taught: every week.

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