Course Details

Principles of regional geology of the Czech Republic for civil engineers

Academic Year 2025/26

VFC002 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

Principal geological units and typical lithology in the Moldanubian Region, Kutná hora-Svratka Region, Saxothuringian Region, Lausatian Region and Moravo-Silesian Region together with the Czech part of the Outer Western Carpathians.

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

prof. RNDr. Lukáš Krmíček, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Geotechnics

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Basic knowledge of science subjects at secondary school.

Basic Literature

CHÁB, J.; BREITER, K.; FATKA, O.; HLADIL, J.; KALVODA, J.; ŠIMŮNEK, Z.; ŠTORCH, P.; VAŠÍČEK, Z.; ZAJÍC, J.; ZAPLETAL, J. Stručná geologie základu Českého masivu a jeho karbonského a permského pokryvu. Vydavatelství ČGS. Praha, 2008. ISBN: 978-80-7075-703-1. (cs)
CHLUPÁČ, I.; BRZOBOHATÝ, R.; KOVANDA, J.; STRÁNÍK, Z. Geologická minulost České republiky. Academia. Praha, 2002. ISBN: 80-200-0914-0. (cs)
McCANN, T. (Ed.). The Geology of Central Europe. Volume I – Precambrian & Palaeozoic. Geological Society. Londýn. 2008. ISBN: 978-1-86239-245-8 (en)
McCANN, T. (Ed.). The Geology of Central Europe. Volume II – Mesozoic & Cenozoic. Geological Society. Londýn. 2008. ISBN: 978-1-86239-264-9 (en)
ŠAMALÍKOVÁ, M.; LOCKER, J., POSPÍŠIL, P. Geologie pro stavební inženýry. CERM Brno, 1995. (cs)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/294940

Lecture

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • Geological units of the Czech Republic
  • Tectonic structure of the Bohemian Massif and of the Outer Western Carpathians
  • Pre-Mesozoic units of the Bohemian Massif
  • Platform units of the Bohemian Massif
  • Outer Western Carpathians in the Czech Republic
  • Engineering and geological characteristics of the rocks
  • Crystalline units
  • Consolidated Paleozoic sediments
  • Mesozoic consolidated cohesive sediments
  • Paleogene consolidated cohesive sediments
  • Carbonate rocks
  • Neovolcanites
  • Tertiary unconsolidated sediments
  • Quaternary cover (soil and loess complexes, river terraces)

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

Working with thematic maps:

Geological units of the Czech Republic

Tectonic structure of the Bohemian Massif and of the Outer Western Carpathians

Pre-Mesozoic units of the Bohemian Massif

Platform units of the Bohemian Massif

Outer Western Carpathians in the Czech Republic

Engineering and geological characteristics of the rocks

Practical examples of rocks and soils:

Crystalline rocks

Consolidated Paleozoic sediments

Mesozoic consolidated cohesive sediments

Paleogene consolidated cohesive sediments

Carbonate rocks

Neovolcanites

Tertiary unconsolidated sediments

Quaternary cover