Course: Introduction to Redevelopment Geology

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Course title Introduction to Redevelopment Geology
Course code TUIOZP/TE4SG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Filip Jaroslav, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- Earth formation and evolution. Earth structure. - Plate tectonics. Geological dating and mapping. - Rocks and minerals. Rock cycle. - Rock environment, soil, surface- and groundwater. - Influence of rock environment to human. - Influence of anthropogenic activities to rock environment. - Rock environment contamination and its sources. - Pollutants chemical reactions in the rock environment. Natural attenuation. - Preliminary steps of the remediation. Risk assessment. - Engineering geological study of contaminated area. - Groundwater remediation technologies. - Cleaning of solid materials, unsaturated zone and soil air. - Innovative technologies and application of nanotechnologies at remediation. - Remediation legislation and economics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Methods for written tasks (e.g. comprehensive exams, written tests), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Preparation for course credit - 60 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of general and inorganic chemistry, basics of ecology, toxicology and work safety.
Knowledge of general and inorganic chemistry, basics of ecology, toxicology and work safety.
learning outcomes
The student has knowledge in consequences of anthropogenic activities.
The student has knowledge in consequences of anthropogenic activities.
He/she understands the principles of remediation technologies used by soil and groundwater remediation.
He/she understands the principles of remediation technologies used by soil and groundwater remediation.
Skills
The student is able to plan suitable technique of rock environment remediation.
The student is able to plan suitable technique of rock environment remediation.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Projection (static, dynamic)
Projection (static, dynamic)
Lecturing
Lecturing
Skills
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Methods for written tasks (e.g. comprehensive exams, written tests)
Methods for written tasks (e.g. comprehensive exams, written tests)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Written examination
Written examination
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Recommended literature
  • Kompendium sanačních technologií. Vyd. 1. Chrudim : Vodní zdroje Ekomonitor, 2006. ISBN 80-86832-15-5.
  • Blyth, F.G.H. A geology for engineers. 7th ed. Amsterdam : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, 1984. ISBN 978-0-7131-2882-6.
  • Center for Environmental Research Information, US EPA. Description and Sampling of Contaminated Soils: A Field Pocket Guide. Cincinnati, 1991.
  • KUKAL Z., REICHMANN F. Horninové prostředí ČR - jeho stav a ochrana. Praha, 2000. ISBN 80-7075-413-00.
  • Kuraš, Mečislav. Odpadové hospodářství. Vyd. 1. Chrudim : Ekomonitor, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86832-34-0.
  • Kutílek M. Vodohospodářská pedologie. Praha, 1978.
  • Murck, Barbara Winifred. Geology : a self-teaching guide. New York : Wiley, 2001. ISBN 0-471-38590-5.
  • Murck, Barbara Winifred. Geology today : understanding our planet. Active learning ed. New York : J. Wiley, 2003. ISBN 0-471-39309-6.
  • Sákra T., Zámečníková P. Dekontaminace půdy a zemin chemickými a fyzikálně-chemickými metodami. Pardubice, 1995. ISBN 8071940178.
  • Schwartz, F. W. Fundamentals of ground water. New York : Wiley, 2003. ISBN 0-471-13785-5.
  • Suthersan, Suthan S. Remediation Engineering : Design Concepts. 1st ed. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1997. ISBN 1566701376.
  • Šráček O., Datel J., Mls J. Kontaminační hydrogeologie. Praha, 2002. ISBN 802460521X.


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