Course Details
Geology
Academic Year 2023/24
BF001 course is part of 3 study plans
B-K-C-SI (N) / VS Winter Semester 1st year
B-P-C-MI (N) / MI Winter Semester 1st year
B-P-C-SI (N) / VS Winter Semester 1st year
Earth’s interior and Earth’s crust, plate tectonic, subduction and rift zones,technical petrography – rock forming minerals, structures and textures of rocks affecting properties of rocks,igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks – formation, classification, properties and application of rocks in civil engineering practice (aggregates, building and ornamental stones),assessment of foundation soils composed of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks,problems during construction caused by various types of foundation soils,endogenous geological processes – volcanic activity, earthquake, tectonic forces, folding, faults, cracks in rock environment and their affecting of construction, basics of structural geology,exogenous geological processes – weathering, erosion, geodynamic processes and their affecting of construction,basics of geomorphology, basics of hydrogeology – groundwater in construction site, geological maps, basics of regional geology of the Czech Republic – Bohemian massif, Western Carpathians, methods of engineering geological survey.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
The students will be acquainting with basic types of rocks forming foundation soils, including natural processes affecting their quality in time (endogenous and exogenous processes). The basics of hydrogeology are also an integral part of the study including the explaining of groundwater influence on behaviour and properties of foundation soil. The students acquire the process of engineering geological investigation for foundation soils within the I. geotechnical category (Czech Standard 73 1001).
Knowledge
The students will be able to determine basic types of rocks commonly used as foundation soil for construction including their properties and behaviour. They will acquire the knowledge necessary for identification and classification of endogeneous and exogeneous factors affecting the quality of the ground. Students will also obtain practical experience with the behaviour and properties of soils especially the influence of water on the change of their properties. They will also acquire the skill to desing and realize the survey of foundation soil for preliminary design.
Syllabus
1. Introduction, Earth’s interior, Historical geology, basic rock classification, rock forming minerals and their properties.
2. Rock structure – generally; Igneous rock structure, basic types of plutonic and volcanic rocks.
3. Basic types of sedimentary rocks, properties, behaviour and application of sedimentary rocks.
4. Basic types of sedimentary rocks, properties, behaviour and application of sedimentary rocks.
5. Basic types of metamorphic rocks, properties, behaviour and application of metamorphic rocks.
6. Endogenous processes in the Earth’s crust.
7. Exogenous processes in the Earth’s crust.
8. Landslides.
9. Ground water and springs.
10. Geological maps and information sources, methods of investigation of foundation ground.
11. Basics of regional geology of the Bohemian massif and Western Carpathians on the territory of the Czech Republic.
12. Overview of basic types of foundation ground in relation to geological characteristics.
13. Basic tasks of engineering geology in construction in relation to environmental aspects. Exploatation of rocks and their application in building industry.
2. Rock structure – generally; Igneous rock structure, basic types of plutonic and volcanic rocks.
3. Basic types of sedimentary rocks, properties, behaviour and application of sedimentary rocks.
4. Basic types of sedimentary rocks, properties, behaviour and application of sedimentary rocks.
5. Basic types of metamorphic rocks, properties, behaviour and application of metamorphic rocks.
6. Endogenous processes in the Earth’s crust.
7. Exogenous processes in the Earth’s crust.
8. Landslides.
9. Ground water and springs.
10. Geological maps and information sources, methods of investigation of foundation ground.
11. Basics of regional geology of the Bohemian massif and Western Carpathians on the territory of the Czech Republic.
12. Overview of basic types of foundation ground in relation to geological characteristics.
13. Basic tasks of engineering geology in construction in relation to environmental aspects. Exploatation of rocks and their application in building industry.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of science subjects at secondary school.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
5 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Introduction, Earth’s interior, Historical geology, basic rock classification, rock forming minerals and their properties.
2. Rock structure – generally; Igneous rock structure, basic types of plutonic and volcanic rocks.
3. Basic types of sedimentary rocks, properties, behaviour and application of sedimentary rocks.
4. Basic types of sedimentary rocks, properties, behaviour and application of sedimentary rocks.
5. Basic types of metamorphic rocks, properties, behaviour and application of metamorphic rocks.
6. Endogenous processes in the Earth’s crust.
7. Exogenous processes in the Earth’s crust.
8. Landslides.
9. Ground water and springs.
10. Geological maps and information sources, methods of investigation of foundation ground.
11. Basics of regional geology of the Bohemian massif and Western Carpathians on the territory of the Czech Republic.
12. Overview of basic types of foundation ground in relation to geological characteristics.
13. Basic tasks of engineering geology in construction in relation to environmental aspects. Exploatation of rocks and their application in building industry.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Work schedule of the seminars. Sources of information, study literature. Prerequisites.
2. Minerals and textures of igneous rocks.
3. Overview of igneous rocks.
4. Entering essay. Safety fieldwork. Minerals and textures of sedimentary rocks. Overview of sedimentary rocks.
5. Overview of sedimentary rocks - complete. Minerals and textures of metamorphic rocks. Overview of metamorphic rocks.
6. Consultation on the essay - description of rock material from the selected location, classification.
7. Consultation on the essay - description of rock material from the selected location, classification.
8. Repeat petrography - Preparation for credit.Checking text essay. Geological maps.
9. Repeat petrography - Preparation for credit.Checking text essay. Geological maps.
10. Description of rock material for credit.
11. The defense seminar work.
12. Geological field trip.
13. Credit.