PřF:G8711k Geological disasters and hazar - Course Information

G8711k Geological disasters and hazards

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Slavomír Nehyba, Dr. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Slavomír Nehyba, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science

Timetable

Fri 8. 3. 9:00–12:00 G1,01004, Fri 17. 5. 10:00–16:00 G1,01004, Fri 24. 5. 10:00–11:00 G1,01004

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)
• Applied and environmental geology (programme PřF, N-AEG)
• Geoenvironmental risks and remediations (programme PřF, N-GRS)
• Geology (Eng.) (programme PřF, B-GE)
• Applied and Environmental Geology (Eng.) (programme PřF, B-GE)
• Applied and Environmental Geology (programme PřF, B-GE)
• Applied and Environmental Geology (programme PřF, N-GE)
• Geology combined with Archaeology (programme PřF, B-GE)
• Geology combined with Archaeology (programme PřF, N-GE)
• Geology for Multi-Branches Study (programme PřF, B-GE)
• Geology (programme PřF, B-GE)
• Geology (programme PřF, B-GEO)
• Geology (programme PřF, N-GE)
• Geology (programme PřF, N-GEO)
• Administrative Geology (programme PřF, B-GE)

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
• DINWIDDIE, Robert, Simon LAMB and Ross REYNOLDS. Bouřlivá planeta Země : [sopky, zemětřesení, hurikány, bahnotoky, tsunami]. Translated by Jana Pacnerová. 1. vyd. Praha: Fortuna Libri, 2012, 360 s. ISBN 9788073216344. info
• 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

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 2023/2024.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• GS161 Risks and remediation
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