PřF:G9511 Cave deposits - Course Information
G9511 Cave deposits
Faculty of Scienceautumn 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Milan Geršl, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Eva Geršlová, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. Mgr. Eva Geršlová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Eva Geršlová, Ph.D.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemical substances )))
- 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
- Applied and environmental geology (programme PřF, B-AEG) (2)
- Applied and environmental geology (programme PřF, N-AEG) (2)
- Geoenvironmental risks and remediations (programme PřF, N-GRS) (2)
- Geology (Eng.) (programme PřF, N-GE) (2)
- Applied and Environmental Geology (Eng.) (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
- Applied and Environmental Geology (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
- Applied and Environmental Geology (programme PřF, N-GE) (2)
- Geology combined with Archaeology (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
- Geology combined with Archaeology (programme PřF, N-GE) (2)
- Geology for Multi-Branches Study (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
- Geology (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
- Geology (programme PřF, B-GEO) (2)
- Geology (programme PřF, N-GE) (2)
- Geology (programme PřF, N-GEO) (2)
- Principles of geology (programme PřF, N-GEO) (2)
- Administrative Geology (programme PřF, B-GE) (2)
- Course objectives
- Objective of the course: to teach the students about cave deposits, the methodology of their research, the possibilities of interpreting these researches and the purpose of studying the phenomenon of cave fillings.
- Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to: Recognize individual types of cave fillings; Describe the genesis of each type of cave fill; They will propose a methodology appropriate to the research of the subject; Interpret the occurrence of individual cave fillings due to the geological development of the region.
- Syllabus
- Terminology in carsoloy and spleology
- Types and extension of cave fillings
- Cave sediments classical, chemogenic and other cave deposits (water, gases) - their composition and occurrence
- Methodology of cave deposits, usable analytical methods
- Importance of cave deposits for paleoclimatology
- Importance of cave deposits for archeology
- Interpretation of occurrence of cave fillings due to the geological development of the region
- Literature
- BOSÁK, Pavel. Jeskyňářství v teorii a praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Česká speleologická společnost, 1988, 215 s. info
- HILL, A. Carol and Paolo FORTI. Cave Minerals of the World. Huntsville, Alabama: National Speleological Society, 1986, 238 pp. ISBN 0-9615093-0-9. info
- JAKÁL, Jozef. Praktická speleológia. Martin: Osveta, 1982, 384+4. info
- PANOŠ, Vladimír. Karsologická a speleologická terminologie. Žilina: Knižné centrum, 2001. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures; Class discussion
- Assessment methods
- Written test. The test consists of 10 questions, 60 % of correct answers is needed to pass.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v podzimním semestru 2021/2022.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2021, recent)
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