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Dynamic Earth: outstanding issues of modern geology - MG420P05
Title: Dynamická Země: vybrané otázky z moderní geologie
Czech title: Dynamická Země: vybrané otázky z moderní geologie
Guaranteed by: Institute of Geology and Paleontology (31-420)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2023
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:combined
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 24
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Explanation: První přednáška proběhne 18.3.2024
Additional information: https://dl3.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=196
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Jiří Žák, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Jiří Žák, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : MG421P00
Annotation -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Jiří Žák, Ph.D. (01.09.2020)
Our planet Earth has gone through a series of dramatic changes over the past 4.5 billions of years, which shaped its present-day surface, oceans, and biosphere. With the aid of quantitative analytical methods, modern Geology explores these changes, attempts to explain their causes, and provides a more detailed information of physical and chemical processes in the Earth´s interior. The goal of this class is to discuss some of the hottest topics of modern Geology and to integrate them into a synthetic picture at a larger scale. The class is suitable for motivated students with a deep interest in the geological processes.
Aim of the course - Czech
Last update: Rudolf Trnka (22.06.2017)

Hlavním cílem předmětu je hlubší diskuse nad vybranými tématy, pro kterou není v běžných přednáškách dostatečný prostor. Velká pozornost bude věnována otázkám, které v současné době hýbou vědeckou komunitou a jsou často předmětem vědeckých sporů a debat.

Literature -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Jiří Žák, Ph.D. (01.09.2020)

Condie, K. (1997): Plate tectonics and crustal evolution, 4th edition. Elsevier, 282 pp. 
Condie, K. (2005): Earth as an evolving planetary system. Elsevier, 447 pp. 
Eriksson, P.G., Altermann, W., Nelson, D.R., Mueller, W.U., Catuneanu, O. (2004): The Precambrian Earth: tempos and events. Elsevier, 941 pp. 
Kearey, P., Klepeis, K.A., Vine, F.J. (2009): Global tectonics, 3rd edition. Wiley, 482 pp. 
Recommended journals: Earth-Science Reviews, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology, Gondwana Research, International Geology Review, Lithos, Precambrian Research, Tectonics

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Jiří Žák, Ph.D. (21.02.2024)

Written test, 5 open questions.

Syllabus -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Jiří Žák, Ph.D. (19.02.2023)

(1) Early Earth: from magmatic ocean to the onset of plate tectonics
(2) Ophiolites: tracing the seafloor within the continental crust
(3) Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): obraz pohybů v zemském plášti
(4) Continent break-up: from the rift valleys to hyperextended passive margins
(5) Extreme motions: subduction and exhumation of high-pressure rocks
(6) Lateral expansion of continents: accretionary orogens, terranes, and mélanges
(7) The supercontinent cycle: linking the geologic processes with global changes

Entry requirements -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Jiří Žák, Ph.D. (01.09.2020)

A basic-level Physical Geology course is a necessary prerequisite.

 
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