G4121k Quaternary geology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
3/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, 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)
! G4121 Quaternary geology &&( Bi8610 Palaeoanthropology || B8610 Palaeoanthropology || B3170 Anthropology of prehistory || Bi3170 Anthropology of prehistory || G1020 Physical geology I || G1021 Physical geology || G1021k Physical geology )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields 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
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course gives an actual general knowledge of complex Quaternary research. At the end of the course, students should be able to: Understand problems of climate development and climate changes manifestations at the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary and throughout the Pleistocene and Holocene; be familiar with problematics of Pleistocene and Holocene stratigraphy and biostratigraphy; recognize the most common types of Quaternary deposits; understand the importance of fauna and flora research as important climatic indicators.
Syllabus
  • 1. Historical development of views on the climatic changes - general overview for mountain (Alps) glaciation and continental glaciation (N. and NW. Europe).
  • 2. The oldest known cold oscilations - cause of the post-Cretaceous cooling, primary and secundary (supplementary) circumstances influencing climatic oscilations, evidences for the oldest known glaciation in southern (Antarctica) and northern hemisphere.
  • 3. Natural environment during Quaternary - overview of cold (glacial) phases from the Pliocene termination till the end of the Pleistocene and their impact on the development of the river system in the areas of N. and NW. Europe, Quaternary climatic cycle, development of the vegetational cover thoughout the Pliocene-Holocene period.
  • 4. Overview of genetic types of Quaternary deposits and their features I - glacigennic, glacifluvial and glacilacustrine deposits, glacial geomorphology and its characteristics.
  • 5. Overview of genetic types of Quaternary deposits and their features II - eolic, colluvial, alluvial, limnic, swamp and peat deposits, cave deposits.
  • 6. Periglacial processes and geomorphology - periglacial region, permafrost, cryogenous structures.
  • 7. Pleistocene fauna of Europe - mammal evolution at the terminal Pliocene and at the beginning of the Pleistocene (Equus-Mammuthus and Wolf Events), Pleistocene evolution of mammals.
  • 8. Selected methods of dating of Quaternary deposits - radiometric dating, dendrochronology, varve chronology, paleomagnetism, oxygen isotope stages (OIS).
  • 9. Pleistocene biostratigraphy - basics of biostratigraphy, biostratigraphy in southwestern and eastern Europe.
  • 10. Natural environment during the upper Pleistocene - eemian interglacial, its duration and vegetational characteristics; climatic characterization of the Visla glaciation period.
  • 11. Quaternary deposits of the Moravian and Silesian regions - development of sedimentaion in glacial and extraglacial regions.
Literature
  • HUBBARD, Bryn and Neil F. GLASSER. Field techniques in glaciology and glacial geomorphology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2005, x, 400. ISBN 0470844264. info
  • CZUDEK, Tadeáš. Vývoj reliéfu krajiny České republiky v kvartéru. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2005, 238 s. ISBN 8070282703. info
  • RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Eliška. Kvartérní klastické sedimenty České republiky :struktury a textury hlavních genetických typů. 1. vyd. Praha: Česká geologická služba, 2003, 68 s., 92. ISBN 80-7075-600-4. info
  • WILSON, R. C. L., S. A. DRURY and J. L. CHAPMAN. The great ice age : climate change and life. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2000, xiv, 267. ISBN 0415198429. info
  • MUSIL, R. Klimatická konfrontace terestrických a marinních pleistocenních sedimentů. (Climatic Comparison of terrestrial and marine Pleistocene sediments.). In Dynamika vztahů marinního a kontinentálního prostředí. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1997, p. 93-168. ISBN 80-210-1714-7. info
  • LOWE, John J. and M. J. C. WALKER. Reconstructing quaternary environments. 2nd ed. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, 1997, xxii, 446. ISBN 0582101662. info
  • BEZVODOVÁ, Bohumila, Jaromír DEMEK and Antonín ZEMAN. Metody kvarterně geologického a geomorfologického výzkumu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 207 s. info
Assessment methods
Lectures run weekly, the final assessment is by way of the written test.
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: Výuka proběhne v jarním semestru 2007/2008.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Dle plánu distanční výuky.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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