G8121 Geology of the Brno Region and its Environs

Faculty of Science
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: graded credit. Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Antonín Přichystal, DSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Timetable
Tue 16:00–16:50 Gp,02006
Prerequisites
! G8120 Geology of the Brno region
For holders of bachelor degree in geology.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 32 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/32, only registered: 0/32, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/32
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to describe regional geology of the Brno surroundongs.
Syllabus
  • 1. Position of Brno at the contact between the Bohemian Massif and West Carpathians. The problems of delimitation of the Brno unit. 2. The Brno Massif as a part of the Brunovistulicum. The Eastern and Western granitoid parts of the Brno Massif, the metabazite zone, occurrences of crystalline mantle rocks. 3. The Cambrian sediments as bedrock of the Carpathian Foredeep and the Ždánice Unit south of Brno. 4. The Devonian in the Moravian Karst development: basal clastic rocks, the Macocha Formation, the Líšeň Formation. The Lower Carboniferous in the Culm development. 5. Mesozoic sedimentary rocks: Jurassic limestones in the area of Brno and in the surroundings of Olomučany, the Lower Cretaceous Rudice Formation, the Upper Cretaceous in the Blansko graben. 6. Development of the Brno area in the Lower Tertiary. 7. Neogene sedimentary rocks as a filling of the Carpathian Foredeep: Eggenburgian - Ottnangian clastic rocks, sedimentary rocks of the Carpathian, clastic rocks of the Lower Badenian, Lithothamnion limestones. 8. The Quaternary cover, eolian, fluvial and deluvial sedimentary rocks. Generalized section through the Lower Pleistocene at Stránská skála and the last glacial age in the Kůlna cave. Human settlement in the Brno basin during prehistory. 9. Raw material basis used and prospective one. Rocks as raw materials for buildings in the Middle Ages and the present time.
Literature
  • Geologie Moravy a Slezska. Edited by Antonín Přichystal - Věra Obstová - Miloš Suk. 1. vyd. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 1993, 168 s. ISBN 80-7028-050-6. info
  • Müller P., Novák Z. et al. 2000: Geologie Brna a okolí. - 90 stran. ČGÚ Brno.
Teaching methods
lectures.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Spring 2025.
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