G8121 Geology of the Brno Region and its Environs

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Antonín Přichystal, DSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Antonín Přichystal, DSc.
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
Prerequisites
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.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with geology in Brno and its surroundings.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to describe regional geology of the Brno surroundings.
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 (probably available only in Czech)
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.
The course is taught: every week.
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 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022.
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