Research Reports 2007 & 2008 Institute of Geology as cr, V v. I. Nějaká linka Titulní foto

The report was compiled and finally edited by P. Čejchan and P. Bosák. The English version was revised by J. Adamovič.

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KATALOGIZACE V KNIZE – NÁRODNÍ KNIHOVNA ČR

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  geologie
  
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  geologický výzkum -- Česko
  
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Cover photo: Sandstone microrelief in the Klokočské scaly Cliffs, Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. Photo by J. Adamovič.

© Institute of Geology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i.

Praha, October 2010

Contents – stránky přečíslovat po finální sazbě
1. Introduction

2. General Information

3. Publication activity of the Institute of Geology

4. Research Reports

4a. Foreign Grants, Joint Projects and International Programs

4b. Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

4c. Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

4d. Grants of the State Departments

4e. Industrial Grants and Projects

4f. Programmes of Institutional Research Plan

4g. Defended dissertations

5. Publication activity of staff members of the Institute of Geology

5a. Papers published in 2007

5b. Papers published in 2008

5c. Electronic media 2007

5d. Electronic media 2008

5e. Extended abstracts and abstracts 2007

5f. Extended abstracts and abstracts 2008

5g. Lectures and poster presentations 2007

5h. Lectures and poster presentations 2008

5i. Unpublished reports 2007

5j. Unpublished reports 2008

5k. Popular science

6. Organization of conferences and scientific meetings

7. Undergraduate and Graduate Education

7a. Undergraduate and Graduate Courses at Universities given by Staff Members of the Institute of Geology AS CR 2007

7b. Undergraduate and Graduate Courses at Universities given by Staff Members of the Institute of Geology AS CR 2008

7c. Supervision in Undergraduate Studies 2007+2008

7d. Supervision in Graduate Studies 2007+2008

7e. Membership in scientific and academic boards

7f. Membership in foreign Academies

7g. Degrees obtained by the staff of the Institute of Geology AS CR

7h. Awards

7i. Institute staff on Fellowships and Stages

8. Positions in Editorial Boards and International Organizations 2007 and 2008

8a. Editorial Boards

8b. Positions in International Organizations

9. Institute structure and staff

9a. Organization units

9b. Contact information

9c. Staff (as of December 31, 2008)

9d. Laboratories

10. Financial Report

1. Introduction
The year 2007 represented an important legislative milestone for the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Former state-controlled research institutes were transformed into so-called public research institutions ( “veřejná výzkumná instituce“ in Czech, abbreviated as v. v. i.). According to the Act adopted by the Czech Parliament, such institutions should be dominantly financed from public resources, i. e. those coming through different ways from the state budget. It is expected that this legislative act permits a less restricted and less bureaucratic flow of the money, which is now covered by one budget and can be divided according to the needs of individual institutions (with some limitations, of course).

The legislation also modified the style of Institute management. Instead of a direct management by the Institute Director, Executive and Advisory (Supervisory) boards were established, and the Director is now the CEO of the Institute. The Institute Executive Board partly took the agenda of the former Scientific Council (which was cancelled), i. e. the approval of all scientific projects, international co-operation and agreements, and it partly deals with economic-management issues within the limits strictly stipulated by law (approval of budget and its changes, internal regulations, changes on top positions in the Institute structure, selection of the Director). The Board is elected by the Assembly of Institute Scientists and consists by at least 1/3 of non-institution employees. The Advisory Board has a control function and deals with financial, property, investment etc. issues. The Board is appointed by the Academy Head Office and it is composed of non-institution persons, except for one Institute representative.

The practical everyday life of the Institute of Geology has not changed much but all internal regulations had to be transformed, and a new financial code was established during 2007 and early 2008. The other important event was the completion of the construction project for a new institute building. The preparatory stage started already in mid-2001 but the lack of finance and the necessary administrative steps have delayed the construction that should be finalized during summer 2009. On November 2007, construction started by demolition of one of three existing buildings and excavation for new foundations. We had to move the whole library to be housed in the facilities of the Laboratory of Physical Rock Properties. During 2008, the building skeleton was completely erected. We believe that the new building will not only help Earth Science scholars to work in better condition but to a new consideration of geology as one of the traditional disciplines.

Scientific life of the Institute has continued in the same manner as during the last few years. The number of approved grant projects and international publications has slightly increased and this trend is continuing even this year. The mid-term evaluation of the Institute of Geology was highly positive and matched the best Czech research centers involved in Earth studies. The variety of the themes and results solved during 2007–2008 are presented in this volume.

The number of employees remained approximately the same as in previous years, in spite of minor fluctuations. We hope that the positive trends will continue in the next years, as concerns both the relatively favorable economic conditions and the scientific output.

We also decided to change the long-time published Annual Report to Research Reports with the aim to deal more with the results and achievements of the Institute staff rather than with administrative news. We hope that you, our readers, will welcome such change.

Václav Cílek, Institute CEO

Rozvojová 269 +420-233087209 (director)

165 00 Praha 6 – Lysolaje fax: +420-220922670

Czech Republic e-mail: inst@gli.cas.cz

Laboratory of Paleomagnetism phone/fax: +420-272690115

U Geofyzikálního ústavu 769 e-mail: inst@gli.cas.cz

252 43 Průhonice

Czech Republic
Institute of Geology of the ASCR, v. v. i.

Laboratory of Physical Properties of Rocks phone: +420-224313520

Puškinovo náměstí 9 fax: +420-224313572

160 00 Praha 6 – Dejvice e-mail: inst@gli.cas.cz

Czech Republic
Information on the Institute is available on Internet: http://www.gli.cas.cz
The Institute of Geology of the AS CR, v. v. i., is a research institute belonging to the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR). It concentrates on the scientific study of the structure, composition and history of the Earth’s lithosphere and the evolution of its biosphere. Although the Institute does not have the opportunity to cover all geological disciplines (in the widest sense) or regionally balanced geological studies, the methods of its activity span a relatively broad spectrum of problems in geology, geochemistry, paleontology, paleomagnetism and rock mechanics. The Institute takes part in the understanding of general rules governing evolutionary processes of the lithosphere and biosphere at regional as well as global scale; for this purpose, the Institute mostly employs acquisition and interpretation of relevant facts coming from the territory of the Czech Republic.

The Institute of Geology AS CR, v. v. i., is a wide-spectrum institute developing essential geological, paleontological, petrological, mineralogical and other disciplines, lately accentuating environmental geology and geochemistry. The major research areas covered by the Institute are:

- Lithostratigraphy of crystalline complexes

- Volcanology and volcanostratigraphy

- Structural geology and tectonics

- Paleogeography

- Terrane identification

- Taxonomy and phylogeny of fossil organisms

- Paleobiogeography of Variscan Europe

- Paleoecology (incl. population dynamics, bioevents)

- Paleoclimatology as evidenced by fossil organisms and communities

- Biostratigraphy and high-resolution stratigraphy

- Basin analysis and sequence stratigraphy

- Exogenic geochemistry

- Exogenic geology, geomorphology

- Quaternary geology and landscape evolution

- Karstology and paleokarstology

- Paleomagnetism

- Magnetostratigraphy

- Petromagnetism

- Physical parameters of rocks

On August 1, 1964 the Institute of Geochemistry and Raw Materials of the ČSAV was integrated into the Geological Institute. On July 1, 1969 the Institute of Experimental Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the ČSAV, successor of the Geochemistry and Raw Materials was newly established. A part of the staff of the Geological Institute joined the new institute. On January 1, 1979 the Institute of Experimental Mineralogy and Geochemistry was integrated into the Geological Institute.

On March 1, 1979, the Geological Institute was united with the Mining Institute of the ČSAV under the Institute of Geology and Geotechnics of the ČSAV, and finally split from the latter on March 1, 1990 again.

On January 1, 1993 the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic was established by the transformation from the ČSAV, and the Geological Institute became a part of the ASCR. The Institute belongs to the I. Department of Mathematics, Physics and Earth Sciences and to the 3rd Section of Earth Sciences. On January 1, 2007 the Institute became a public research institution (v. v. i.) by the change of legislation on research and development.

Since 2000, the Institute of Geology AS CR, v. v. i., has been a co-producer of the international journal Geologica Carpathica (www.geologicacarpathica.sk), registered by Thomson Reuters WoS database. The Institute is represented by one journal co-editor (usually the Institute Director) and several members of the Executive Committee (presently by P. Bosák and J. Hladil).

Geologica Carpathica publishes contributions to experimental petrology, petrology and mineralogy, geochemistry and isotope geology, applied geophysics, stratigraphy and paleontology, sedimentology, tectonics and structural geology, geology of deposits, etc. Geologica Carpathica is published six times a year. The distribution of the journal is performed by the Geological Institute, SAS. Online publishing is also provided through Versita on MetaPress platform with rich reference linking. Online ISSN 1336-8052 / Print ISSN 1335-0552.

In 2007, six issues (1 to 6) of Volume No. 58 were published with 43 scientific papers, and in 2008 six issues (1 to 6) of Volume No. 59 appeared with 38 scientific papers.

The principal aim of the research was to reconstruct the main geo-archaeological characteristics of the natural environment of Gravettian period recorded in loess deposits within Moravian valleys. The topography of European mountains and associated loess accumulations come together to render Moravia among the best locales to recover evidence of natural conditions and study the behavior of early modern humans. The natural corridor across the Moravian lowlands through the Moravian Gate serves as a chicane constraining the movement of humans and other species through the fluctuations of the Quaternary climate and environment. This corridor conserves deep loess deposits containing well studied Paleolithic sites, as well as buried soils and informative sediments.

Three main Gravettian localities within the Moravian corridor with sedimentological record of the last 30 ky were studied. The well known and the long-term studied Dolní Věstonice site (southern Moravia), the Předmostí site with the largest mammoth bone accumulations in Central Europe situated close to the Moravia/Silesia border, and the Hošťálkovice site on the southern edge of Silesia (northeastern Czech Republic). All three sites display different sedimentological and climatic records. Data based mainly on sedimentological, micromorphological and geochemical record show that during the Gravettian period, Dolní Věstonice had the most stable environment with good conditions for the preservation of short climate changes. Although the environment was quite stable, there were seasonal washouts and seasonal thawing and freezing cycles. Permafrost was obviously developed within the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) above the cultural layer. The Předmostí site recorded a quite unstable environment including regular washout movements and landslides. Such environment depended mainly on elevated precipitation within this area. LGM is also recorded by the signs of permafrost, in this case displayed as frost edges. Hošťálkovice is a very poorly preserved locality with a lack of well developed cultural layers and sedimentological record. In general, Paleolithic hunters had to accept quite different and not only seasonal changes of environmental conditions during their migration within the Moravian corridor.

In the Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites of Dolní Věstonice, a 4.2 m thick loess sedimentary sequence of the Last Glacial exposed during excavations in 2006 was studied. This section is situated in the bottom slope of the Pavlovské vrchy Mountains, close to one of the anthropogenic terraces above an old brickyard. The landscape origin between the time and space is reflected mainly by the climatic changes within the end of the Last Interglacial and extreme climatic conditions of the LGM. These changes produced a system of sedimentological features now visible in the studied outcrop. The last 30 ky are represented by PK1 interstadial soil, Gravettian layers, calcium carbonate rich horizons and a complex of poorly developed soils. The interpretations of features are based on micromorphological studies, geochemistry, radiocarbon dating, magnetic properties and also on archaeological context.

The studied sequence contains A and B horizon of PK1 soil layer, a Gravettian cultural layer and several poorly developed soil horizons topped by the Holocene soil layer (Fig. 1). The entire profile was developed in loess sediments of an unchanging provenance. Geochemical and micromorphological methods together with magnetic properties were used for profile description. Three different parts were divided there according to field and laboratory observations.
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