541-0085/02 – Geology and Deposits of Building Raw Materials (GLSS)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jakub Jirásek, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Jakub Jirásek, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2002/2003 | Year of cancellation | 2015/2016 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The goal of the course is to obtain knowledge about genesis and characteristics of construction materials. To understand connection between their genesis, quality and use. To check and put into praxis obtained theoretical knowledge – excursion into quarry.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
Annotation
Geological part:
1) Geology, its disciplines a working methods
2) Construction of planet Earth, isostasis, mechanical tension
3) Science about layer, layering, cycles and rythms, deposition of layers, technical meaning of layer surfaces
4) Structural geology, continuous and discontinuous structures
5) Endogenous dynamics, magmatism, plutonits, diastrofism
6) Exogenous dynamics, weathering, erosion, sedimentation
Deposit part:
1) Minig law – dedicated and non-reserved minerals, geological law
2) Basic terms a clasification of minerals and their genesis
3) Brick materials, plastic and focusing component, genesis, occurrence, use
4) Gravel and sands, genesis, occurrence, use
5) Glass and foundry sands, genesis, occurence, use
6) Construction stone, genesis, occurrence, use
7) Organogenic sediments and evaporits
Compulsory literature:
Evans A. M.: Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals. Blackwell Science Ltd.,
Malden /Oxford/Carlton, 1993, 389 pp.
Harben, P.,W.,Kužvart,M.: Industrial Minerals: a global geology. Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., Surrey-London, 1996.
Recommended literature:
USGS Minerals Yearbook: Commodity Statistics and Information.Available at www:
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Geology, it’s disciplines, usage of geology in construction and other praxis.
The Earth form angle of current knowledge (construction of the Earth, plate tectonics). Fundaments of the earth's crust – rocks and minerals. Characteristics of rocks and soils. Rocks in construction praxis. Geological structures. Magmatism. Effect of exogenous processes on the Earth. Types and shapes of relief, their usage in praxis. The basics of regional geology in CR. Deposits of carbonates and their use. The deposits of gypsum and it’s use. Sparkle and petrurgic materials and their usage. The deposits of gravel and sand and their usage. The deposits of decorative stones and their use. The deposits of brick materials and their use. The deposits of kaolin and it’s use.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction