541-1001/04 – Quaternary (KVAR)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Geological EngineeringCredits5
Subject guarantorprof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorprof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
Year2Semestersummer
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2020/2021Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesHGFIntended for study typesBachelor, Follow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
MAR31 prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.
NIE096 Ing. Dominik Niemiec, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Course is structured in individual thematic blocks and is designed to give the students fundamentals of quaternary with the emphasis placed on application frame with the utilization of GIS and environmental models. Students will be able to understand fundamental processes in the quaternary period, explain geological, climatological and other natural phenomenons which took place during this period as well as understand the field of periodic variations of the natural environment after completing this course. Student should be able to use GIS and environmental models in the field of natural environment reconstruction after the acquiring of knowledges and skills.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

Course brings the elementary overview of the quaternary period, which is the rapidly evolving multidisciplinary subject amongst the Earth sciences. Subject studies and explains particular processes in the quaternary period, geologic, geomorphologic and climatic oscillations and their influences upon the natural environment. Closer focus is on the practical application of skills in GIS and environmental models. Subject endeavors to synthesize particular knowledges from the field of geology, paleoclimatology, geomorphology, biology and geoarcheology.

Compulsory literature:

LOWE, J.J., WALKER, M.J.C. (1997): Reconstructing Quaternary Environments. 2nd ed. Harlow, Prentice Hall. 446 s. ISBN: 978-0-582-10166-1 ROBERTS, N. (1998) : The Holocene. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, 344 s. ISBN: 978-0631-86380 GOLDBERG, P., MACPHAIL, R.I. (2007): Practical and Theoretical Geoarcheology. London, Blackwell Publ., 455 s. ISBN: 978-0-632-0604-3 GOUDIE D. E., PARKER A.S., ANDERSON A.G. (2007) : Global Environments through the Quaternary. Oxford University Press, 392 s. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-874226-5

Recommended literature:

BATTARBEE, R.W., BINNEY, H.A. (2008): Natural climate variability and global warming. A Holocene perspective. Chichester, John Wiley & Sons. 287 s. ISBN 978-1-4051-5905-0 BRADLEY, R. (1999): Paleoclimatology. 2nd ed. International Geophysics Series. Vol. 68. London Elsevier/Academic Press, 614 s. ISBN: 978-0-12-124010-3 BELL, M., WALKER, M. J. C. (2005): Late Quaternary Environmental Change. 2nd ed. Harlow, Prentice Hall. 348 s. ISBN: 978-0-13-033344-5 BRIDGE, J.S. (2007): Rivers and Floodplains. Blackwell Publishing, Malden. 491 s. ISBN: 978-0-6320-6489-2

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Znalostí jsou v průběhu semestru kontrolovány pomocí semestrálního programu. Studium předmětu je zakončeno zkouškou, ke které lze přistoupit až po získání zápočtu. Zkouška má písemnou a ústní část.

E-learning

Other requirements

The study of recommended literature.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. The term quaternary, division of the quaternary and different approaches to its definition. 2. Milankovič cycles, Quaternary climatic oscillations, Iversen cycle. 3. The influence of other geographical and circulation factors on climate oscillations (thermohaline exchanger, influence of the salinity of the Mediterranean region and the North Atlantic). 4. Main geological and geomorphological processes in the Quaternary (Pleistocene and Holocene). 5. Glacial, glacifluvial and glacilacustrine sediments. 6. Eolian sediments, significance of loess for Quaternary stratigraphy, pedogenetic processes. 7. Fluvial processes in the Pleistocene and Holocene, the importance of river terraces (chronology, geoarchaeology). 8. Vegetation in the Quaternary (Turgayan flora, development of phytocenoses during climatic oscillations). 9. Fauna in the Quaternary (ancient fauna versus fauna of cold fluctuations, main groups of vertebrates and invertebrates and their paleontological and paleoecological significance). 10. The Holocene and cold fluctuations at its beginning, the Atlantic as a climatic optimum, the development of the LVS. 11. Changes in human influence on the surrounding nature during the Pleistocene and Holocene, the importance of studying the Quaternary and Cenozoic periods for the issue of global changes in the natural environment. 12. Possibilities of modeling changes in the natural environment and anthropogenic influences using GIS and numerical models I. (ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, IDRISI Land Change Modeler, GCM). 13. Possibilities of modeling changes in the natural environment and anthropogenic influences using GIS and numerical models II. (SWAT, MIKE environmental models).

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2020/2021 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 33  17
        Examination Examination 67  1 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Regular attendance at exercises. Complete and present the project. Written and oral exam checking knowledge in the scope of the specified professional literature, content of lectures and exercises.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Participation in lectures and exercises is not necessary. Complete the project according to the teacher's instructions and presenting it on the agreed date. Written and oral exam checking knowledge in the scope of the specified professional literature, content of lectures and exercises.

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