GA521k Sedimentary Rock Petrogenesis

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jindřich Štelcl, CSc. (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.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! GA520 Petrogeneze sedimentárních hornin && ! GA521 Sedimentary Rock Petrogenesis
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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Principles of radioactivity. Radioactivity and the environment. Radioactive series, radon and its daughter products. Effects of ionizing radiation on man, risk of radon and its decay products, contemporary problems of epidemiological studies. Sources of radon. Natural radioactivity of rocks. Radioactivity of rocks of the Czech Massif and Western Carpathians. Determination of level of basement penetration. Measurement of the natural radioactivity, aim of the measurement, principles of measurement methods. Determination of radon and its daughter products in air. Measurement of gamma dose equivalent. Determination of radioactivity of building materials. Determination of radon concentration in water. Determination of radon risk of the geological underlier. Devices for measurement of radon, licensing of measurement methods. Practical illustration of devices and demonstration of most usual methods for measurement of radon. Determination of natural radioactivity of rocks. Legislative documents concerning the radon problem in the Czech Republic. Protection of buildings against radon, and remediation measures.
Syllabus
  • Principles of radioactivity. Radioactivity and the environment. Radioactive series, radon and its daughter products. Effects of ionizing radiation on man, risk of radon and its decay products, contemporary problems of epidemiological studies. Sources of radon (geological underlier, building materials, water, air). Natural radioactivity of rocks and basic geochemical characteristics of uranium and thorium. Uranium and thorium in magmatic and hypergenous processes. Radioactivity of rocks of the Czech Massif and Western Carpathians. Changes in rocks and in their radioactivity, radioactivity and the age of rocks, radioactivity and the deep structural levels of the Czech Massif. Determination of the level of the basement penetration. Measurement of the natural radioactivity, aim of the measurement, principles of measurement methods. Determination of radon and its daughter products in air. Measurement of gamma dose equivalent. Determination of radioactivity of building materials. Determination of radon concentration in water. Determination of radon risk of the geological underlier. Devices for measurement of radon, licensing of measurement methods. Practical illustration of devices and demonstration of most usual methods for measurement of radon. Determination of natural radioactivity of rocks. Legislative documents concerning the radon problem in the Czech Republic. Protection of buildings against radon, and remediation measures.
Literature
  • Matolín, Milan. Radioaktivita hornin Západních Karpat. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, 1976. 127 s. + 1.
  • Mareš, Stanislav. Úvod do užité geofyziky [Mareš, 1990]. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha : SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1990. 677 s. ISBN 80-03-00427-6.
  • Matolín, Milan. Radioaktivita hornin Českého masívu. Vyd. 1. Praha : Ústřední ústav geologický v Academii, 1970. 99 s.
  • Náhradní obsah: ČSN 73 1001. Zakládání staveb - základová půda pod plošnými základy. Praha: ÚNM, 1987.
  • Barnet, Ivan. Radon v geologickém prostředí. [Praha] : Český geologický ústav, 1992. 1 mapa ; 3. ISBN 80-7075-112-6.
  • Matolín, Milan. Průzkum radioaktivních surovin geofyzikálními metodami a radioaktivita hornin. Praha : Universita Karlova, 1919. 44 s.
Assessment methods
Credit: based on presence; examination: written test.
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: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2010/2011.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Dle plánu distanční výuky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation.