PřF:G7631 Tectonophysics - Course Information
G7631 Tectonophysics
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 3/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Petr Špaček, Ph.D. (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.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( G4100 Structural geology || G4101 Structural geology || G4101k 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 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
- there are 42 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Detailed view into plastic and brittle deformation of minerals and rocks. Focused to micro-scale. At the end of this course, students should be able to interpret main mechanisms of deformation of the rock specimen.
- Syllabus
- Mechanisms of ductile deformation.
- Deformation microstructures.
- Measurement of crystallographic preferred orientations.
- Quantitative analysis of microstructures.
- Kinematic indicators on faults.
- Rheological strength profiles.
- Literature
- PASSCHIER, Cornelis Willem and R. A. J. TROUW. Microtectonics. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1996, 289 s. ISBN 3540587136. info
- Teaching methods
- Short courses and practical training. Work with real rocks and PC.
- Assessment methods
- oral exam, protocols
- 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: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2016/2017.
The course is taught: in blocks.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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