- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Catastrophes in geology 1300-WKGL-OG
Disasters in geology took on and take on different scales of phenomena. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, marine transgressions, floods and marine abrasion, mudflows, landslides on land and sea and the great extinction that some of them which still affect the image of today's environment. From a geological point of view, it's normal processes but from the human, the untamed natural disasters, which implies different social and economic phenomena. The course will familiarize students with basic geological processes commonly occurring on the globe, which consequence are events specified by the man as disastrous. During the lecture, students will be familiarized with problems to anticipate, prevent and mitigate disasters associated with rapid geological processes.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
After completing the course (lectures and exercises) a student:
- knows methods for predicting earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
- knows the rules of behavior during earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
- knows some examples of catastrophic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions,
- can name the types of mining damage
- estimates of slope and scrape stability
- can indicate advantageous and disadvantages of soil and water conditions in terms of construction
- knows the history and causes of mass extinctions in Earth history
- can name and describe environmental hazards caused by climate change on Earth.
Assessment criteria
Checking the tests and tasks that a student gets to solve for each course. The final test of the material presented on the course.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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