PřF:GD211 Microscopy for Ph.D. theses - Course Information
GD211 Microscopy for Ph.D. theses
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc. (lecturer), Mgr. Dalibor Všianský, Ph.D. (deputy)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Mon 1. 3. to Fri 14. 5. Tue 14:00–15:50 Go,-1012
- Prerequisites
- Requirement of microscopic examination in the dissertation project. Basics of potarizing light microscopy of minerals.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Applied and environmental geology (programme PřF, D-GEOL_) (2)
- Applied and Environmental Geology (programme PřF, D-GEOLA_) (2)
- Dynamic geology, tectonics and physics of the Earth (programme PřF, D-GEOLA_) (2)
- Geochemistry and hydrogeology (programme PřF, D-GEOL_) (2)
- Geochemistry and Hydrogeology (programme PřF, D-GEOLA_) (2)
- Geological Sciences (Eng.) (programme PřF, D-GE4) (2)
- Geological Sciences (programme PřF, D-GE4) (2)
- Dynamic geology, tectonics and physics of the Earth (programme PřF, D-GEOL_) (2)
- Stratigraphic geology, paleontology and sedimentology (programme PřF, D-GEOL_) (2)
- Mineralogy, petrology and economic geology (programme PřF, D-GEOL_) (2)
- Mineralogy, petrology and economic geology (programme PřF, D-GEOLA_) (2)
- Stratigraphic geology, paleontology and sedimentology (programme PřF, D-GEOLA_) (2)
- Course objectives
- The main aim of the course is to consolidate the knowledge of microscopy of minerals and microscopy of rocks in thin sections and to consult the problems of the currently elaborated dissertation.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course, students should be able to: -to fix the ability from optical mineralogy of minerals and rocks - to consult the problems in optical microscopy of the currently elaborated dissertation.
- Syllabus
- 1. The optics of basic rock-forming minerals 2. The optics of special minerals 3. Microscopy of rocks after students requirement
- Literature
- recommended literature
- GREGEROVÁ, Miroslava, Bohuslav FOJT and Václav VÁVRA. Mikroskopie horninotvorných a technických minerálů (Microscopy rock-forming and technical minerals). 1st ed. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2002, 315 pp. monografie. ISBN 80-7028-195-2. info
- Teaching methods
- Exercise in Optical Lab
- Assessment methods
- writen credit
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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