G4421 Regional geology for hydrogeologis

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, 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
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
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Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are:
a) characteristics of basic geological units in the Czech Republic;
b) the influence of individual orogeneses on the development of the Bohemian Massif;
c) age, lithology, magmatic and metamorphic development of proterozoic and paleozoic units in the Bohemian Massif;
d) development of the Bohemian Massif during the Upper Carboniferous and Permian;
e) development of the Bohemian Massif platform from Triassic to Quaternary;
f) age, lithology and magmatic development of individual units of the Western Carpathians in the territory of the Czech Republic;
(g) working with geological maps, mostly in scale 1:500000;
h) Typical rock types.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
characterize basic geological units in the territory of the Czech Republic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Principal geological units in the territory of the Czech Republic, their delimitation;
  • 2. The Bohemian Massif, general characterization and its subdivision in 6 basic regional geologic regions;
  • 3. The Moldanubian Region;
  • 4. The Kutná Hora - Svratka Region;
  • 5. The Central Bohemian Region;
  • 6. The Lusatian Region;
  • 7. The Saxothuringian region;
  • 8. The Moravo-Silesian Region;
  • 9. Limnic Late Carboniferous and Permian;
  • 10. Platform development of the Bohemian Massif;
  • 10. The Flysh Belt of the West Carpathians;
  • 11. The Vienna Basin;
  • 12. The Carpathian Foredeep.
Literature
    required literature
  • MÍSAŘ, Zdeněk. Geologie ČSSR. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1983, 333 s. URL info
  • Chlupáč, I. - Vrána, S. eds. 1994: Regional geological subdivision of the Bohemian Massif on the territory of the Czech Republic. - J.Czech Geol. Soc. 39/1, 127-144. Praha.
Teaching methods
lectures, practical map interpretation
Assessment methods
It is necessary to pass seminars (searching in geological maps, study of rock samples) that are finished by two written tests. Final oral examen checks also knowledge of geological map.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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