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Applied Geology

Characteristics of the field

Applied geology with specializations of geology of mineral deposits, engineering geology, hydrogeology, applied geophysics, environmental geology  and geochemistry is focused on study and the use of the rock environment and its protection.

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
Engineering geology applies the geological knowledge in design and construction in all branches of civil engineering, in mining and in urban planning. It is an interdisciplinary field in between the science and technology. Using  technical or rather mathematical methods, the knowledge gained by geology is applied in analyzing geodynamic processes and the interaction between the rock and civil engineering structures.

HYDROGEOLOGY
Hydrogeology is a scientific field engaged in groundwaters, their origin, conditions of incidence, laws of movement, their regimes, physical and chemical properties, their interaction with rocks, surface water and atmosphere. Hydrogeology ranges among applied geological branches and has closest relation to engineering geology.  Modern hydrogeology has the character of a cross-border scientific discipline at the margin between geology, hydraulics, hydrology, chemistry and several technological disciplines (water management, civil engineering, chemical technology of water treatment etc.).A necessary method of modern hydrogeology is the development and use of mathematical models simulating  natural processes as well as artificial interventions in the regime of waters both in saturated and unsaturated zones. The contents of the hydrogeology of today is moving from simple searching for water resources to the determination of optimum conditions of their utilization and protection. Hydrogeology plays an irreplacable role in the field of the protection of the living environment, in research and remediation of contaminated soils, rocks and groundwater.

APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
Applied geophysics studies physical fields and their utilization in solving geological problems. The main interest is in the upper part of the Earth s crust  in the depth range of the first meters to first kilometers. The basic methods of applied geophysics are: gravity methods, magnetic methods, seismic methods, geoelectrical methods, radioactivity methods, geothermal methods and well logging. Geophysical methods are applied for investigation and exploration of mineral deposits, building materials, water resources, energy resources and are significant in monitoring and protection of natural environment.

Offer of lectures, courses and seminars

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
Geotechnical aspects of construction and waste disposal site cover system
Special methods for slope deformation evaluation
Dependence of settlement of structures on foundation conditions
Geotechnical problems with underground structures
Field testing of soils
Critical states soil mechanics

HYDROGEOLOGY
Hydrology
Technical hydrogeology
Groundwater protection and remediation
Application of  GIS in groundwater studies
Regional hydrogeology
Groundwater hydraulics
Mathematical methods in hydrogeology
Hydrogeochemistry

APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
Selected chapters from the interpretation  of  shallow refraction seismics
Selected chapters from the theory and application of the gravity survey
Selected chapters from the theory and application of the magnetic prospecting methods
Palaeomagnetic and magnetostratigraphic research
Logging for solving problems in hydrogeology, engineering geology and environmental engineering
Applied geophysics in natural environment
Applied geophysics in environmental engineering and protection of rock environment
Logging used in the prospection and production of oil and gas and for controlling the regime of underground gas storage
Physical parameters of rocks and their use in the geological sciences
Selected chapters from the well log analysis of sedimentary formations
Shallow seismic prospection
Seismic prospection I., II
Modern trends in geophysical instrumentation
Geoelectrical methods - special courses

Offer of theses

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
Use  of the abandoned open pit coal mines and waste disposal sites
Use of the percolation theory on problems of slope stability
Investigation of the trigger factor leading to an increased landslide activity in the Czech Republic due to enormous saturation of environment
Stress-path dependence of soil parameters
Analysis of stress path effects on numerical analysis of soil-structure interaction
Deformation and strength of unsaturated soils
The influence of soil structure on the mechanical behaviour of soils

HYDROGEOLOGY
Interdisciplinary approach in regional hydrogeological investigation using hydrological, hydrodynamic, hydrochemical and isotopic methods and mathematical modeling
Groundwater safe yields assessment
Application of GIS in hydrogeology
Geostatistical methods in hydrogeology
Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling both in saturated and unsaturated zones
Hydromechanics of the gravity thickening problem
Rainfall-runoff process modeling, analysis of groundwater runoff components
Contamination hydrogeology, groundwater protection and remediation
Genesis of chemical and physical properties of water, groundwater quality monitoring
Water management, groundwater utilization and treatment
Hydrogeological studies for landfills and waste deposits
Hydrogeology of thermal and mineral waters
Radiocarbon dating of groundwater, Quaternary sediments and archaelogical samples
Paleoclimatic and paleohydrological research

APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
Application of exploration geophysics in environmental problems: Survey of waste disposal sites during projection, operation and saving; Protection of water sources areas; Study of pollutants in boreholes, construction of special logging tools, radioactivity of the natural environment
Geophysical exploration of archaelogical sites
Velocity anisotropy in engineering seismic
Gravity methods applied for study of shape and position of intrusive bodies in the Bohemian Massif
Geoelectrical prospecting methods in hydrogeology
Interpretation procedures in geoelectrical methods
Interpretation of well logs and surface geophysical data in studies of sedimentary basins
Application of borehole geophysics in exploration of hydrogeological structures

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