Description:

The course focuses on the understanding of basic geological laws and principles in relation to architecture, civil engineering and urban planning. Emphasis is placed on explaining the influence of geological processes, both endogenous and exogenous, on the rock environment and how the geological situation affects the design of structures and their interaction with the rock environment. At the same time, attention is paid to the technical properties of rocks with regard to their practical applications. The course also includes a brief introduction to the regional geology of the Czech Republic.

Contents:

Week 1: Introduction, the role of geology in civil engineering practice, the Earth's structure, the theory of new global tectonics, the lithosphere, the rocks classification, the rock cycle.
Week 2: Magmatism, shapes of magmatic structures. Volcanism, classification and morphological shapes of volcanic structures, post-volcanic phenomena, overview of igneous and volcanoclastic rocks.
Week 3: Sedimentary rocks, sedimentary system, mechanism of sedimentation, facies, diagenesis, strata, concordance, discordance, importance of fossils in geology. Metamorphism, metamorphosed rock system.
Week 4: Structural geology, epigenetic and orogenetic movements, tectonic faults, practical significance of tectonic faults, measurement, evaluation and imaging of tectonic features.
Week 5: Seismics, classification, types of earthquake waves and their registration, intensity of earthquakes, hazards, spread in the Czech Republic and in the world.
Week 6: Water cycle, surface water activity - erosion, transport, accumulation.
Week 7: Groundwater, classification, springs, chemistry, aggressive waters, effect on constructions. Rock weathering, types, practical importance, formation of soils, classification, soil types.
Week 8: Mass movements - factors, classification, types, spread in the Czech Republic.
Week 9: Mass movements - methods of remediation, practical examples, human geological activity.
Week 10: Karst phenomena, geological activity of glaciers, geological activity of wind.
Week 11: Geological and engineering geological maps. Monitoring, sounding.
Week 12: Basics of regional geology of the Czech Republic - underlying structure.
Week 13: Basics of regional geology of the Czech Republic - overlying structure.

Seminar contents:

Week 1: Introduction. Classification of rocks according to genesis. Rock-forming minerals. Practical recognition.
Week 2: Igneous rock system - plutonic rocks, vein rocks.
Week 3: Igneous rock system - extrusive rocks, repetition of igneous rocks.
Week 4: Repetition of igneous rocks. Sedimentary rock system - introduction, textural and structural features, clastic sediments.
Week 5: Sedimentary rock system - clastic, chemogenic and organogenic sediments. Repetition of sedimentary rocks.
Week 6: Metamorphosed rock system - introduction, textural and structural features; mechanically, shock and contact metamorphosed rocks, regional metamorphosis.

Recommended literature:

Duff, D.: Holmes´Principles of Physical Geology, Chapman and Hall, London, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, 1996, ISBN-13: 978-0412403200
?BS EN 1997-2:2007 Eurocode 7. Geotechnical design. Ground investigation and testing

Keywords:

geology, geomechanics, geology in Civil Engineering Practice, engineering geology

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar