PřF:G8771 Quaternary sedimentology - Course Information

G8771 Selected chapters from Quaternary sedimentology

Extent and Intensity

1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. Mgr. Ondřej Bábek, Dr. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Jiří Kalvoda, CSc. (deputy)

Guaranteed by

prof. Mgr. Ondřej Bábek, 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

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied and environmental geology (programme PřF, B-AEG) (2)
• Applied and environmental geology (programme PřF, N-AEG) (2)
• Geoenvironmental risks and remediations (programme PřF, N-GRS) (2)
• Geology (Eng.) (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
• Geology (Eng.) (programme PřF, N-GE) (2)
• Applied and Environmental Geology (Eng.) (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
• Applied and Environmental Geology (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
• Applied and Environmental Geology (programme PřF, N-GE) (2)
• 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-GE) (2)
• Geology (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
• Geology (programme PřF, B-GEO) (2)
• Geology (programme PřF, N-GE) (2)
• Geology (programme PřF, N-GEO) (2)
• Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
• Geology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-CH)
• Principles of geology (programme PřF, B-GEO) (2)
• Principles of geology (programme PřF, N-GEO) (2)
• Administrative Geology (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)

Course objectives

The course focuses on Qauaternary sediments, their stratigraphy and dating. Influence of paleoclimatic changes will be explained as well.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students should be able: -to understand the fundamentals of chronostratigraphic subdivision of Pleistocene and Holocene and the basic dating methods of Quaternary rocks -to understand the principles of Quaternary palaeoclimatology -to explain the extraterrestrial steering factors of climate changes (Milankovitch theory) -to represent the main types of Quaternary depositional environments and explain the principles of their stratigraphic evolution with relation to the climate changes

Syllabus

• Quaternary: definition, chronostratigraphic location and subdivision
• Glacials and integlacials: definition, history, chronostratigraphic significance, overview in Europe and North America
• Record of climatic changes in the environment: glacieustatic fluctuation, continental ice cover, oceans and delta O18 isotopic ratio, palynology, CO2
• Milankovitch theory: eccentricity, Earth axis tilt and precesion - basic charactersitics, periodicities, insolation and climatic significance
• Methods of dating of Quaternary rocks: radiocarbon method, dendrochronology, paleomagnetism, tephrostratigraphy, aminoacid dating, lichenometry, weatheting and pedogenesis, etc.
• Quaternary depositional environments: glacial, eolic + loess, lacustrine, fluvial, karst, slope processes, etc.

Literature

• RŮŽIČKOVÁ E et al. Quaternary clastic sediments of the Czech Republic. Český geologický ústav, Praha, 68 str., 2001.

Teaching methods

lectures, fieldwork

Assessment methods

oral and practical exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2018/2019.
The course is taught: in blocks.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
  
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