The course is aimed at those who are interested in the connection and the impact of minerals and geochemical elements on health. The course is designed in the form of lectures held by Nina Zupancic and Nastja Rogan Šmuc and tutorials, where students prepare a lecture and present it to the colleagues. The content partly ... Read more
Thesis may be interdisciplinary or specialised in any area within the compulsory or elective professional course from the area covered by the first-stage studies of Geology. Thesis includes: the purpose of the work, the presentation of the problem or reason for a survey (identification of the problem), review of literature and knowledge and/or foreign and ... Read more
Chronological overview of confrontation of ideas and controversies in geological conceptions: Ancient Greeks and Romans Middle Ages fossils as documents of nature neptunists: volcanists: plutonists catastrophism, uniformitarianism: gradualism Ice Age Detection of age of the Earth Geosyncline concept and the theory of plate tectonics The emergence of modern geologic thought under the theory of plate ... Read more
The course is appropriate for students of geology and other disciplines who are interested in phenomena and processes related to volcanic activity. Previous knowledge of petrology is not required. Course has 15 hours of lectures and 15 hours of individual work on seminar where each student present one of the world’s volcanic phenomena. Approximately 8 ... Read more
Introduction to environmental sedimentology Mountain environments Fluvial environments Arid environments Urban environments Deltaic and estuarine environments Temperate and tropical coastal environments Continental shelf environments
General: Composition of the Earth’s Mantle and Crust, the Average Composition of the Earth’s Continental Crust, Global Element Distribution, Element Concentration Processes Advanced Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks: Oceanic Ridge Basalts (ORBs), Oceanic Island Basalts (OIBs) & Alkaline Series, Continental Flood Basalts, Orogenic Andesites Special Chemical Types: Rare Earths, Carbonatites, Sodic and Potassic Granites, Lamprophyres, Rhyolites ... Read more
This course is intended for students willing to upgrade their knowledge in Palaeontology, as well as for students interested in Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. Fossils are treated and viewed as a source of information about the palaeenvironmental parameters and processes of taphonomy. A good basic knowledge of palaeontology is recommended. The course includes topics about: preparation ... Read more
Introduction: earthquake types, elastic rebound theory, history of seismology Earthquakes measurements and monitoring: seismic waves (body and surface waves), seismometer, accelerometer, seismograph, seismic station, seismogram, earthquake strength, magnitude, intensity, European Macroseismic Scale, earthquake effects, earthquake location Earthquakes in space and time: spatial distribution of earthquakes, seismicity and plate tectonics, temporal distribution of earthquakes, frequency-magnitude logarithmic ... Read more
Fundamentals of ore microscopy Reflective polarised light microscope for identification of opaque minerals and other investigation equipment for determination of optical and physical characteristics of ore minerals Optical characteristics of main ore and gangue minerals in reflective light used for their identification Practical work on reflective polarised light microscope Identification of main ore and gangue ... Read more
Oceans of the past. The seas of today. Oceans and climate. The geological ocean. The input of material to the oceans. The transport of material to the oceans: river, atmospheric and hydrothermal pathways. Descriptive oceanography. Dissolved gasses in sea water. Nutrients, organic carbon and carbon cycle. Particulate matter in the oceans.