G5061k Economic geology I

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
3/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Marek Slobodník, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michaela Krmíčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Prerequisites
!NOW( PdF:ONLINE_A English Online ) && ! G5060 Economic geology I &&! G5061 Economic geology I && ( (!(PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemicals )))
Knowledge of mineralogy and petrography, basic minerogenetic and petrologic processes, structure of the Earth and the Earth crust, plate tectonics, deformation in the Earth crust, fundamentals of stratigraphy and geochemistry
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Economic geology I. is the basic course of minerogenetic processes and relevant questions of raw materials/industrial minerals. The principal aim is to understand the category of mineral deposit and its position in the human society and the natural environment. The main genetic aspects of all types of ore deposits, industrial minerals and fossil fuels are delineated.
Syllabus
  • 1. EG: historical aspects of the economic geology, its sources, subject, importance and target. 2. Fundamental terminology of the economic geology. 3. Deposit as an economic subject, economics and reserves. 4. Factors affecting the importance of deposits. 5. Metods of exploration and investigation of deposits, sources and indications. 6. Classification of deposits of raw materials. 6a. Genetic classification and mineral-forming processes. 7. Raw materials for metallurgy, other industrial metals and their main sources. 8. Construction and chemical industrial minerals and their main sources. 9. Energy resources. 10. Principal environmental problems associated with exploitation of deposits and their solutions.
Literature
  • Evans A.M. (1993): Ore geology and industrial minerals. Blackwell science.
  • ROZLOŽNÍK, Ladislav. Ložiská nerastných surovín a ich vyhl'adávanie. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, 1987, 693 s. info
  • DOPITA, Miloslav, Václav HAVLENA and Jiří PEŠEK. Ložiska fosilních paliv. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1985, 263 s. URL info
  • SMIRNOV, Vladimir Ivanovič. Geologie ložisek nerostných surovin. Translated by Jaroslav Havelka - Naděžda Peřinová. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1983, 654 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, exercises, models calculations, individual analyses
Assessment methods
Lectures, excercises, final written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Dle plánu distanční výuky.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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