541-0120/02 – Geohazards (GHZ)
Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 3 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The introduction of all processes, which potentionally or feasibly lead to situation causes damages or threat in a specific region and time. Those processes are known under a comprehensive term geohazards.
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Summary
Geohazards are defined as processes, which potentionally or feasibly cause damages or threats. There are processes originating in relation to geological, meteorological or environmental processes in lithosphere, hydrosphere or atmosphere. Teh subject gives the students practically applicable information about individual processes threatening socio-economic development of specific area. The understanding of relation among initial factors and following negative processes affecting the area is basic in the systems analysis of those threats. Passing this subject gives the student special skills to predict and solve threats in specific area and time. It can eliminate in practice effects of geohazards.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
RAHN, P., H.: Engineering Geology: An Environmental Approach, Prentice Hall PTR; 2nd edition. 1996, 657 pp.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Knowledge are checked during the semester by a semester project and presentations in MS PowerPoint. The course is completed by an examination, which may be scheduled having gained the initial credit. The examination is divided into a written and oral part.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study recommended literature. Complete the projects and written test to checking the knowledge in the professional literature, the content of lectures and exercises.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Weathering and Erosion
2. Changes in hydrological conditions in the area
3. Avalanches
4. Floods
5. Changes in hydrogeological conditions (balancing of groundwater table, direction of groundwater flow)
6. Suffosion
7. Collapse of loesses and volume changes in clays (swelling, shrinkage)
8. Boiling of sand
9. Karst phenomena
10. Influence of water on landslides
11. Tsunamis
12. Tree felling and deforestation, soil erosion
13. Accidents – dam failure, infiltration of toxic liquids
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Occurrence in special blocks
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