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An improved theory of moldavite formation

A paper significantly contributed by Karel Žák, Roman Skála, Lukáš Ackerman, Jana Ďurišová and Šárka Jonášová of the Institute of Geology CAS was published in the prestigious journal of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta recently. It extends information on the origin of moldavites. For more details click here.

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Fossil jellyfish? Of course not!

One of the fossil specimens presented to the students of paleontology at Charles University (Prague) for almost a century was Medusites – a putative fossil of a jellyfish (medusa). It came from the Cambrian (lowermost Palaeozoic) siltstones exposed at Skryje (central Bohemia, Czech Republic). The students were, however, given incorrect information. A recent study of the original specimen and a few remaining specimens from the vicinity of Skryje testify the affiliation to the pineapple-shaped ichnogenus (i.e. trace fossil) Astropolichnus Crimes and Anderson, 1985. A new ichnospecies Astropolichnus bohemicus is established based on the material from the Skryje area. This material is the first occurrence of Astropolichnus in the middle Cambrian.
Reference: Radek Mikuláš & Oldřich Fatka (2017): Ichnogenus Astropolichnus in the Middle Cambrian of the Barrandian area, Czech Republic. Ichnos (USA), DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2017.1292908

A new price list

A new price list for laboratories of the Institute of Geology of the CAS, v. v. i., has been released. Click here.

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The brochure titled “25 years of research in the Lesní potok model catchment” (in Czech)

The Academia Publishing House presents individual research programmes within the publication edition of “Strategie AV21”. One of the programmes is the “Life Diversity and Ecosystem Health” contributed by the Institute of Geology CAS. The activities of this programme are coordinated by the Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences. One of the most recent outputs of this programme was the brochure titled “25 years of research in the Lesní potok model catchment” (in Czech). The brochure is authored by Tomáš Navrátil, Jan Rohovec and Petr Skřivan.

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