Course detail

Speleological Mapping

FAST-NEB052Acad. year: 2022/2023

Organization of speleologists in Czech Republic and in the world, specifics of speleological mapping, underground survey points, used measurement instruments and aids, specifics of magnetic azimuths measurement, procedure of documentation work, surveying methods, processing methods, field surveying in a karst cave, processsing.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Radim Kratochvíl, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Geodesy (GED)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will be introduced with teoretical karsologie and practical speleologie, especially with speleological mapping. Student will create the map of part of cave.

Prerequisites

Fundaments of geography and surveying. Methods of suveying in underground spaces.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Acquaintance with problems of karst phenomena, its classification and preservation. Getting practical knowledge in field of speleological mapping.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-GK Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Radim Kratochvíl, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Purpose and content of the subject, requiements for obtaining the credit, information sources. Organization of field excursion. Organization of speleologists in Czech Republic and in the world. Specifics of speleological mapping. Underground survey points. 2. Used measurement instruments and aids. 3. Specifics of magnetic azimuths measurement. Procedure of documentation work, surveying methods. 4. Procedure of documentation work, processing methods. 5.-7. Field surveying in a karst cave. 8.-9. Processsing. 10. Checking fulfilment requirements and granting credits.