Records of surface mass movements

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Course ID:	1300-ODPR4-GES
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.304 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Records of surface mass movements
Name in Polish:	Dokumentacja powierzchniowych ruchów masowych
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe na IV r. studiów I st. na kierunku geologia stosowana na specjalizacji GKG
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	Students know the basics of slope processes.
Short description:	The subject of the lecture is diversity of surface mass movements, especially landslides. Lecture presents theoretical background of landslide origin, mapping of landslides and cartographical methods of their documentation. Students learn how to predict landslides and how to prevent their formation.
Full description:	The first part of lecture is devoted to the diverse types of surface mass movements, especially landslides. Students learn about the different types of landslides and about criteria for their recognition and classification. This part of lecture will focus on the favorable conditions to the activation of landslides due to tectonic structures, morphological slope and external causes such as catastrophic rainfall or undercut of slope. The course focuses on characteristic morphological forms associated with landslides, and ways to evaluation of landslide activity. Students will also learn mapping and cartographic methods of landslides registration. In the course of the lecture the impact of landslides on land use is discussed. Students learn about the most famous and the largest landslides in the world, learn about the most disastrous landslides caused by natural forces and human activity. Students learn how to anticipate and prevent landslides, as well as different methods of landslides stabilization and monitoring.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Bober L. 1984. Rejony osuwiskowe w Polskich Karpatach fliszowych i ich związek z budową geologiczną regionu. Biul. Inst. Geol., 340; 115-158. Bajgier-Kowalska M., Ziętara T. 2002. Sukcesja ruchów osuwiskowych w ostatnim 5-leciu w Karpatach fliszowych. Problem zagospodarowania Ziem Górskich, 48; 31-42 Grabowski D, Marciniec P., Mrozek T., Nescieruk P., Rączkowski W., Wójcik A., Zimnal Z., 2008. Instrukcja opracowania mapy osuwisk i terenów zagrożonych ruchami masowymi w skali 1:10 000. PIG Poprawa D., Rączkowski W., 2003 – Osuwiska Karpat. Prz. Geol., nr 8/2003. Starkel L., 1972 ― Charakterystyka rzeźby polskich Krapat (i jej znaczenie dla gospodarki ludzkiej). Problemy Zagospodarowania Ziem Górskich, Z. 10, s. 75-150, Kraków. Starkel L., 2006 – Geomorphic hazards in the Polish Flysch Carpathians. Studia Geomorph. Carpatho-Balcanica, 40: 7-19.
Learning outcomes:	At the end of the course students will be able to predict area at risk of surface mass movements, chose ways of preventing landslides, monitoring and stabilization of already existing landslides.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Allowed number of absences: 2. The final exam (test) of the material of the lecture. Correctional exam – repeated test.
Practical placement:	(in Polish) brak

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