541-0015/04 – Petrography (PG)
Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 8 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2009/2010 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Knowledge and comprehension of genesis and classification of rocks. Recognize and describe rock textures and structures.Students should learn:
Collect fundamentals of research and classification of rocks Describe, clarify and interpret processes of rock cycle, Apply analytical methods to describe rocks
Ilustrate knowledge in simple examples of utilization of rock.
Teaching methods
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Tutorials
Project work
Summary
Petrography - the object of interest, the Earth crust and its chemical composition, processes of rock formation, genetic criteria of basic rock classification. Regularities of the origin of igneous rocks, classification principles on the basis of phase (mineral) composition and chemical composition of rocks. The role of magmatic rocks for basic and applied geological research. Sedimentary rocks – origin,classification of sediments.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
- Definice horniny jako objektu zkoumání
- Struktury a textury hornin
- Genetické členění hornin
- Magmatické horniny - geneze a klasifikace chemické a mineralogie
- Sedimentární horniny - geneze a klasifikace klastických a cementačních
sedimentů
- Metamorfované horniny - geneze a klasifikace kontaktně a regionálně
metamorfovaných hornin.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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