Techniques and tools for structural mapping Geometrical description of structural elements with differential geometry Fundamentals of mechanics of continua Mechanics of elastic, brittle and viscous deformation Techniques of palaeostress analysis Techniques of kinematic section balancing using MVE Move 2D and Move 3D software Geomechanial modeling of brittle deformation in rocks with MVE Move software Modeling spatial ... Read more
Urban and recent sedimentary environment; definitions, classification and basic characteristics Sourcing of urban sediments Transport processes Processes of formation of sediments in urban environments and their properties Lake environments Shallow water environments Evaporite environments Dams and reservoirs Floodplains Cave sediments Contamination of sediments The management and planning of urban and industrial sedimentary environments
Geological characteristics of earthquakes: types of tectonic deformation, tectonic environments on Earth, geological and seismotectonic characteristics of earthquakes, surface effects of earthquakes. Quantitative methods: Quaternary dating methods, geodetic surveying of active deformation. Tectonic geomorphology: tectonic deformation and shaping of topography, geomorphic indicators of active tectonics, influence of tectonics on river network, active orogenesis, surface response ... Read more
Archaic crust and the start of plate tectonics Continental rifting Passive continental margins and oceans Island arcs Continental margin orogens Collision and the example of the Himalayas Alpine orogeny Paleozoic orogeny and Pangaea Proterozoic orogens and super-continents
Students get familiar with the following topics: what is Micropaleontology, what it deals with and what are the research methods, sampling: quantity of the samples, preparation techniques (lithified and unlithified sediment, thin sections, phisical and chemical methods of preparations), properties of various groups of microfossils: foraminifera, radiolarians, conodonts, diatoms, silicoflagellates, palynomorphs, calpionellids, dasycladacean green algae, ... Read more
Plate tectonics theory: composition of the lithosphere, lithospheric plates, geological evidence for plate motion, plate kinematic on spherical Earth, absolute and relative plate motions, plate boundaries, triple junctions, mechanisms of plate motion. Principal tectonic environments on Earth: oceanic ridges and transform faults, continental extensional provinces (rifts), continental transform and strike-slip faults, subduction zones, collisional zones ... Read more
The course is intended for those who are interested in archaeology and who want to apply geological knowledge to solve problems related to the development of human civilization. In addition to the carrier the lectures will be also performed by guest lecturers – archaeologists and geologists dealing with nature-science approach in archaeology. Introductory lectures will ... Read more
Structural crystallography – periodicity of the structure, symmetry operations (internal and external), polymorphism, polytypism, classification of structures Morphology of crystals – morphogenesis of major rocky minerals Crystal chemistry – the basis of the mineral structure: systematics from mineral elements to silicates Characteristics of minerals as a result of a structure Twinning, politypes, limited solubility, solid ... Read more
Crystall symmetry Finite symmetry and point groups Infinite symmetry and space groups X-ray diffraction in crystallography Production of X-Rays X-Ray tubes X-Ray absorption Fundamentals of X-Ray diffraction X-Ray diffractometers – different geometry Sample preparation techniques Collecting quality powder diffraction data Preliminary data processing and phase analyses Quantitative phase analyses principles – internal/external/without standard methods Software ... Read more
The content of the course is divided into theoretical petrology, in which students learn about petrogenesis of the igneous rocks, their geochemical and isotopic characteristics, and the environment for their occurrence. GRANITES: classifications, phase diagrams of granite systems, physical properties of granite magma, formation of granite structures, granite magma differentiation, volcanic-pluton boundary, partial melting – ... Read more