Institute of Geology AS CR, v. v. i.
Medium-sized research center which main purpose is to gain, interpret and integrate the knowledge of the Earth System.
Earth history stories
The largest terrestrial mammal and the best preserved primate fossil
On the occasion of 80th birthday of Professor Oldřich Fejfar, one of the most important persons in European paleontology of the second half of the 20 century, the international paleontologic conference took place in 16-19th May, 2011 in the Institute of Geology AS CR, v. v. i. A number of very important contributions were firstly presented in the conference. For example, Professor S. Sen (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris) reported on the largest terrestrial mammal (the rhino-related genus Paraceratherium) found in the Early Tertiary of Turkey.
A symbol carved on a tree trunk from the Holocene Elbe sediments: the oldest so far known record.
Oldest trees tell how to withstand harsh climate
Gunther Kletetschka
Explosion in Tunguska - Evidence for Black Matter Collision?
Gunther Kletetschka
Death Valley, Trails of Racing Stones
Gunther Kletetschka
First precise Jurasic/Cretaceous boundary correlation between Tethydian and Boreal regions based on magnetic polarities 145 Ma old rocks
Petr Pruner
Moravian Sahara or Moravian Lake?
Research conducted in the Strážnické Pomoraví located in the Lower Moravian Basin is focused on climate and human impact on the Morava River behavior. The Morava River floodplain borders with an area called the Moravian Sahara covering with sand dunes up to 10 m high which were blown out from an underlaying deposits. These underlaying gravely sands (up to 30 m thick) have been traditionally interpreted as the wind-blown sediments.
Speleothem decoration in the salt karts in Iran
Michal Filippi