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Radek Mikuláš in the Meteor radio programme
The recently published book “Wild Nature of Prague and its Close Surroundings” is authored by geologist Radek Mikuláš and botanist J.A. Šturma. In this book, the authors explain that the “wild nature” develops rather spontaneously, regardless of human intentions. This may happen in the mountains as well as in an abandoned quarry, or on a slope afforested a hundred years ago. Such a slope in the Barrandov city district, vegetated by a wild forest, was visited by the authors, accompanied by – somewhat surprised – newsmen from the Czech Radio.
The recorded broadcast is here (in Czech)
The Radek Melka Prize for the best paper of the CETeG 2015 Conference awarded to Filip Tomek
At the 13th Meeting of the Central European Tectonic Groups (CeTeG), Filip Tomek received
the Radek Melka Prize for his paper “Magma flow paths and strain patterns in magma chambers
growing by floor subsidence: a model based on magnetic fabric study of shallow-level plutons in
the Štiavnica volcano–plutonic complex, Western Carpathians” published in the Bulletin of
Volcanology last year. Filip Tomek is a PhD. student working for the Institute of Geology of the
CAS. This study revealed complex magma flow patterns and mechanisms of magma chamber
construction on the example of the Štiavnica stratovolcano, Western Carpathians.
See the illustration figure here.
Exhibition of palaeontological and anthropological reconstructions opened at Nový Jičín
An exhibition named "Journeys to prehistory or In the footsteps of Zdeněk Burian" will be
displayed in the New Gallery of the Žerotín Chateau at Nový Jičín from 12 May to 6 September
2015. The palaeontological and anthropological reconstructions are authored by Jaroslav Bažant,
Pavel Dvorský, Petr Modlitba, Jiří Svoboda and Jiří Teichmann.
See the exhibition poster in Czech here.
Prof. RNDr. Zbyněk Roček, DrSc. appointed an Emeritus Scientist of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Prof. RNDr. Zbyněk Roček, DrSc. was appointed an Emeritus Scientist of the Czech Academy
of Sciences for his successful lifework and his merits in the development of the Institute and in
vertebrate palaeontology.
See the photo of Prof. Roček here.
RNDr. Václav Houša, CSc. – uncompleted 80th birthday
The outstanding Czech paleontologist and a former director of the Institute of Geology CAS
RNDr. Václav Houša, CSc. would celebrate his 80th birthday on April 7, 2015.
The unique Centre for Didactics of Geology will be opened in Říčany
The Centre for Didactic of Geology will be ceremonially opened on April 9th 2015 at 14.00. One of the
collaborators is Petr Schnabl from the Institute of Geology CAS, v. v. i. The ceremony will take place at
the garden of the 1st Elementary School Říčany at Masaryk square.
The invitation card (in Czech) is here.
Professor Zdeněk V. Špinar - memorial meeting
The memorial meeting at the occasion of the centenary birth and twenty years death celebration of the outstanding
Czech palaeontologist Professor Zdeněk V. Špinar will take place in the meeting room of the Institute of Geology AS
CR, v. v. i. on 11th November 2015.
The invitation is downloadable here (in Czech).
Radek Mikuláš spoke about stromatoliths in the Czech radio programme "Studio Leonardo"
Stromatolites are often reported as the oldest macroscopic fossils of the Earth. But what do we really
know on them?
The recorded broadcast id here (in Czech)
Vernissage of the exhibition "Landscape of the old mining areas in the neighbourhood of Tábor" in Café Barrande
The vernissage of the exhibition "Landscape of the old mining areas in the neighbourhood of Tábor" of
Jiří Žítt from the Institute of Geology CAS, v. v. i. went in Café Barrande together with exhibition of
graphics of Jan Sklenář (National Muzeum, Prague) went in Café Barrande 5th March, 2015. The
exhibition will take up to 26th March, 2015.
Some photographs are here.
Michal Filippi contributed to the interview for the Příroda (Nature) Magazine
Michal Filippi of the Institute of Geology CAS, v.v.i., together with Jiří Bruthans (Faculty of
Science, Charles University in Prague) and Milan Geršl (Mendel University in Brno)
contributed to the interview about discoveries in the Iranian salt karst for the Příroda
Magazine (Nature) Magazine, No. 3-4, 2015.
For the contents of the mentioned issue see here (in Czech).
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