PřF:G8711k Geological disasters and hazar - Course Information
G8711k Geological disasters and hazards
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Slavomír Nehyba, Dr. (lecturer)
Bc. Eliška Gruberová (assistant)
Petra Ludvová Hašková, DiS. (assistant)
Mgr. Andrea Musilová (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Iva Raclavská, DiS. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Slavomír Nehyba, 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 - Timetable
- Fri 26. 2. 9:00–12:00 online, Fri 19. 3. 9:00–12:00 online
- 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
- there are 15 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- At the end of this course the student will be able to: understand and explain the causes of possible geological hazards, their risks in the world generally and in the Central Europe definitely.
- Learning outcomes
- Student, after finishing of the course, will be able to idenify the geological hazards.
- Syllabus
- a) Volcanism and its risks, possibilities if its forecasting
- b) Earthquake activity, its measurement and forecasting. Neotectonics. Underground nuclear explosions.
- c) Landslides, rocky destruction.
- d) Floods, influence of the climate and human activities on floods.
- e) Dust devil.
- f) Old minig activities, underground hazard, methane hazard.
- g) Radon hazard, natural radioactivity of rocks.
- h) Impacts of extraterrestrial bodies.
- Literature
- required literature
- KUKAL, Zdeněk. Přírodní katastrofy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Horizont, 1982, 252 s. URL info
- recommended literature
- Catastrophes and earth history : the new uniformitarianism (Orig.) : Katastrofy i istorija Zemli : novyj uniformizm. info
- not specified
- REICHARDT, Hans. Přírodní katastrofy. Translated by Jaroslava Křivská, Illustrated by Anne-Lies Ihme. 1. vyd. Praha: Amfora, 1994, 48 s. ISBN 80-901325-0-2. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and inspection of measurement equipment situated at the Institute of Physics of the Earth
- Assessment methods
- written test. The number of students at individual exam terms will be regulated according to current crisis measures in spring semester 2021. In case of completely critical situation, the completion of the course will be in a distance form in spring semester 2021.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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