541-0968/04 – Paleogeography (PG)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Geological EngineeringCredits10
Subject guarantorprof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorprof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.
Study levelpostgraduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
YearSemesterwinter + summer
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2016/2017Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesHGFIntended for study typesDoctoral
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
SKU41 prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Examination 20+0
Part-time Examination 20+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Explanation of principles of the paleogeography.

Teaching methods

Individual consultations

Summary

The course introduces the analysis of physical-geographical conditions of sedimentation of fossil strata. Explains the concept of facies and sedimentary environment. It introduces paleogeographic maps and atlases in relation to the development of the Czech Republic.

Compulsory literature:

GOLONKA J.: Cambrian-Neogene Plate Tectonic Maps. 2000, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, Krakow.ISBN : 0891813659 MCCANN T.: The geology of Central Europe. London: Geological Society, 2008, xiii, 748 s, xxxviii. ISBN 978-1-86239-246-5. UPCHURCH P., A. MCGOWAN, C. SLATER: Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography. Biodiversity in Space and Time, 2011, 223s., CRC Press, ISBN 1420045512. ZIEGLER, P.A.: Evolution of the Arctic - North Atlantic and the western Tethys. - 1988, Am. Ass. Petrol. Geolog., Mem. 43, Tulsa. http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/97020/memoir43.htm

Recommended literature:

PEŠEK, J. et al.: Paleogeographic Atlas (Late Paleozoic and Triassic Formation, Czech Republic). - 1998, ČGÚ Praha. RAKÚS, M. et al.: Evolution of the Northern Margin of Tethys, Vol. I - III. - 1988 - 1990, Mém. Soc. Géol. France, N.S. 154, Paris. SCOTES Ch. R. Paleomap Project. online http://scotese.com/ WINDLEY, B. F. : The Evolving Continents. - 1995, John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Additional study materials

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Účast na konzultacích, ústní zkouška.

E-learning

Other requirements

The study of recommended literature.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

The analysis of physical and geographical conditions of sedimentation of fossil sequences of strata. Facies and sedimenty environments. Paleoclimatological aspects in paleogeograhy. Paleomagnetism and applications of its data. Movements of lithospheric plates, rotation. Facies maps, maps of sedimentary environments, isopach maps. Paleobiogeographic and paleogeographic maps and atlases. Palinspastic schemes. The position of the Bohemian Massif in the past geological periods. The position of the units of the Outer Carpathians in the past geological periods.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2016/2017 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination   3
Mandatory attendence participation:

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