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Lecturer(s)
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Filip Jaroslav, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Basic terms. 2. Geofactors and geological hazards. 3. Basics of pedology, pedogenesis, pedological research, soil classification. 4. Use of minerals, mining and mining activities and its impact on the environment. 5. Environmental geochemistry and biogeochemistry. 6. Contamination and its behaviour in the rock environment. 7. Landfilling and disposal of waste into the rock environment. 8. Geographic information systems and their use in the environmental damage estimation. 9. Geothermal and alternative energy sources. 10. Important geofactors affecting human health. 11. Risk analysis and principles of its use. 12. Advanced remediation technologies. 13. Application of nanotechnologies in remediation. 14. Legislation in environmental geology and remediation.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Preparation for examination
- 120 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| Understanding main geophysical factors and processes, geohazards and risk evaluation methods |
| Understanding main geophysical factors and processes, geohazards and risk evaluation methods |
| Understanding principles of main geophysical methods of geological survey |
| Understanding principles of main geophysical methods of geological survey |
| Basics in geochemistry, focused mainly to soil colloids chemistry and geochemical cycles of selected elements, incl. natural resources |
| Basics in geochemistry, focused mainly to soil colloids chemistry and geochemical cycles of selected elements, incl. natural resources |
| Main geobiochemical reactions, their products, impacts, relation to bioremediations |
| Main geobiochemical reactions, their products, impacts, relation to bioremediations |
| Basic analytical methods for soil characterization and assessment |
| Basic analytical methods for soil characterization and assessment |
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| Evaluation of a given locality in terms of geohazards and related risk assessment |
| Evaluation of a given locality in terms of geohazards and related risk assessment |
| Suggest an appropriate geologic survey method for a given task |
| Suggest an appropriate geologic survey method for a given task |
| Understanding and interpretation of results of geological survey |
| Understanding and interpretation of results of geological survey |
| Perform complex analysis of soil |
| Perform complex analysis of soil |
| Evaluate the soil quality based on the performed complex analysis |
| Evaluate the soil quality based on the performed complex analysis |
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| Lecturing |
| Lecturing |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
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| Simple experiments |
| Simple experiments |
| Practice exercises |
| Practice exercises |
| assessment methods |
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| Didactic test |
| Didactic test |
| Analysis of works made by the student (Technical products) |
| Analysis of works made by the student (Technical products) |
| Oral examination |
| Oral examination |
| Grade (Using a grade system) |
| Grade (Using a grade system) |
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Recommended literature
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BELL, F.G. Environmental Geology: Principles and Practice.. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1998. ISBN 0-86542-875-1.
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Blyth, F.G.H. A geology for engineers. 7th ed. Amsterdam : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, 1984. ISBN 978-0-7131-2882-6.
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FOLEY, D., MCKENZIE, G.D., UTGARD, R.O. Investigations in Environmental Geology. 2009. ISBN 9780131420649.
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GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN, B., KNÖDEL, K., LANGE, G., VOIGT, H.J. Environmental Geology: Handbook of Field Methods and Case Studies. Springer-Verlag, 2007. ISBN 9783540746713.
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GILL, R. Chemical Fundamentals of Geology and Environmental Geoscience. Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. ISBN 9780470656655.
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GORR, W.L., KURLAND, K.S. GIS Tutorial. Redlands, 2007. ISBN 9781589481275.
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KOZÁK, J., NĚMEČEK, J., MATULA, S., VALLA, M., BORŮVKA, L. Pedologie. Praha, 2008. ISBN 9788021309074.
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MONTGOMERY, C.W. Environmental Geology. McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN 9780072826913.
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NĚMEČEK, J. a kol. Taxonomický klasifikační systém půd České republiky. Praha, 2001. ISBN 8023880616.
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SCHWARTZ, F.W. Fundamentals of Ground Water. New York: Wiley, 2003. ISBN 0-471-13785-5.
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VALLA, M., KOZÁK, J., NĚMEČEK, J., MATULA, S., BORŮVKA, L., DRÁBEK, O. Pedologické praktikum. Praha, 2008. ISBN 9788021309142.
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