541-3510/01 – Rock Environment of the Czech Republic (HP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Mgr. Štěpán Chládek, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Štěpán Chládek, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of this course is to acquaint students of master study with the elementary facts related to the rock environment of the Czech Republic and especially its protection.
In this course, students will be acquainted with essential natural and anthropogenic factors and their importance in the assessment of the rock environment, directly related to the Bohemian Massif and the Outer Western Carpathians.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Terrain work
Summary
In this course, students will be acquainted with the main natural and anthropogenic effects of disruption of rock environment, soils, waters and biota.
Compulsory literature:
USGS, Science for a changing world, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2020. Dostupné z: www.usgs.gov
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
The knowledge is checked in the semester by means of a credit test and active participation in field trips. 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. Active participation in field trips, a credit test, oral and written examination 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) Importance of rock environment.
2) Evolution of rock environment.
3) Chemical and biochemical disturbance of the rock environment.
4) Contamination of the rock environment with trace elements.
5) Disturbance of the rock environment under/surface displacement of rocks and soils.
6) The impact of mineral mining on the rock environment.
7) The impact of uranium mining on the rock environment.
8) Natural radioactivity of the rock environment of Czech Republic and radon risk.
9) The impact of waste disposal on the rock environment.
10) The impact of mineral mining on water resources.
11) Relations between rock environment and atmosphere (atmospheric deposition) and biosphere.
12) Smoothing out the consequences of mining, reclamation, revitalization and remediation.
13) Securing and liquidation of old mines, professional and administrative protection of the rock environment.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction