Research

Conferences

Berriasian Working Group Meeting 2018 organized by the Institute of Geology CAS, v.v.i.

An international meeting of scientists interested in dating of rocks in the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary interval (Berriasian Working Group Meeting) was organized by Petr Schnabl, the head of the Laboratory of Palaeomagnetism, in May 2018. The conference was held at Kroměříž and was attended by another 5 scientists of the Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, colleagues from Charles University, Czech Geological Survey, Technical University in Ostrava and scientists from Slovakia, Poland, United Kingdom, France, Bulgaria, Hungary and China. This time interval is highly topical because the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary is the last boundary between two stratigraphic systems which has not been conclusively defined by a stratotype of the International Commission on Stratigraphy yet. The latest results of integrated research were presented and fieldtrips were made to important sites in the Czech Republic (Kurovice Quarry and Štramberk). For photo gallery click here.

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19th Czech-Slovak-Polish Palaeontological Conference & 11th Micropalaeontological Workshop MIKRO 2018

19th Czech-Slovak-Polish Palaeontological Conference
& 11th Micropalaeontological Workshop MIKRO 2018

      Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (principal organizer),
      the West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen and the Grzybowski Foundation invite
      you to participate in the 19th Czech-Slovak-Polish Palaeontological Conference
      held in Prague on 18th – 19th October 2018. The Conference will also host
      the MIKRO 2018 Workshop on Wednesday, 17th October 2018.

For complete information click here.

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A summer course Geology of Lithium

August 27 – September 1, Mikulov v Krušných Horách (eastern Erzgebirge, Czech Republic)
The summer course, organized by the Czech Academy of Science, is designed to bring young scientists into the geology of lithium, in the theoretical and laboratory aspects, as well as the practical exploration of Li-raw materials.

For details click here.

Geological evolution of the Western Carpathians

Seminar „Geological evolution of the Western Carpathians“ will be held on 18 January (at 9:30 a.m.) at the Institute of Geology of the CAS. Details in invitation (in Czech only).

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Institute of Geology co-organized the ICOS 2017 International Symposium

The 4th International Conodont Symposium jointly with the International Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy and the International Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy (ICS/IUGS) took place in June 2017 in Valencia, Spain. This important event was focused on progress in the investigation of enigmatic conodont organisms that are considered direct ancestors of vertebrates. They are fundamental for global stratigraphy of the Paleozoic, dating marine sedimentary rocks, thus serving as a basis for subsequent geological studies. Specialists and stratigraphers from five continents took part in the follow-up Post-Symposium Excursion to the Prague Synform and Carnic Alps.

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