PřF:Z0123 Physical geography, field work - Course Information
Z0123 Field work on physical geography
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2011 - only for the accreditation
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Miroslav Kolář, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D. - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- Z2011 Geographical Research Methods || NOW( Z2011 Geographical Research Methods )
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Chemistry with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Mathematics with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Course objectives
- Field course is directly connected to the lecture Physical geography which students passed in the previous term. The aim is to show phenomena and processes of physical environment on the real world examples in the countryside. Field course is supervised by two teachers who cover different sub-disciplines of physical geography - geomorphology, soils and biogeography (dr. Máčka) and meteorology, climatology and hydrology (dr. Kolář). Field course has a form of excursion combined with practical excersises on the selected localities which are typical examples of the south Moravian landscapes. The content of the course includes explanation on geology of the visited area, geomorphological mapping, survey of soils and description of soil profiles, mapping of vegetation in ecosystems, land use mapping etc.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
- to learn the field techniques of physical geography;
- to visit and study various landscapes with different physiographic setting. - Syllabus
- Excursions and connected practical filed activities include primarily following thematic fields (part geomorphology, soil geography, biogeography):
- 1. Introducing the lithology and geological setting of the visited area, seeking connections between lithology, soils and organisms in ecosystems, seeking the linkages between geological structure and landforms.
- 2. Mapping meso- and microrelief, delimitation of elementary geoforms from maps and their validation in the field, comparison of the geomorphological processes in various landform units.
- 3. Mapping the soil cover at small territory, description of soil profile in excavated soil borrow-pit.
- 4. Description of plant component of ecosystem, phytocenological survey.
- 6. Synthesis, delimitation of basic geoecological units in the visited area.
- 7. Delimitation of land use categories on the basis of aerial images and topographic maps, mapping the land use and landscape structure in the visited area, evaluation of ecological stability of the territory.
- Literature
- STRAHLER, Alan H. and Arthur Newell STRAHLER. Introducing physical geography. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003, xix, 684. ISBN 0471238007. info
- FORMAN, Richard T. T. and Michel GODRON. Krajinná ekologie. Translated by Jan Těšitel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 583 s. ISBN 8020004645. info
- DEMEK, Jaromír. Vybrané kapitoly z krajinné ekologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1999, 102 s. ISBN 8021021683. info
- DEMEK, Jaromír. Nauka o krajině. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1981, 234 s. URL info
- Teaching methods
- The course has a form of five day field work out of Brno. The visited area changes annualy. Students find out information on selected themes, which they present in the field to other participants and utilise it during field work. The outcome is either the final report or the poster, where are summarized the results of the field work.
- Assessment methods
- The credit is granted against 100% participation on field work and compilation of final report or poster.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5 dní.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, recent)
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