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collecting, assessment and dissemination of data on thegeological composition, mineral resources and naturalrisks of the Czech Republicproviding geoscience information and support to theauthorities for the political, economical and environmentaldecision-makinginternational cooperation and development aideducation in geosciences and environmental protection

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geological research and mappingenvironment and pollutionmineral resources and mining impactprevention of natural risksmanagement and delivery of geodata

A state research institute supervised by the Ministry ofEnvironment of the Czech Republic

144 million CZK (~4.6 million EUR, in 2002)

300 employees (~263 load equivalent), including more than170 research workers (December 31, 2002 )

Since 1919

Mission

Main areas

Staff

Budget

Legal status

Ministry of Environmentof the Czech Republic

Foreword

In presenting a general summary

of the current state and activities

of the Czech Geological Survey (CGS),

it seems worthwhile to begin with

a short historic overview and a statement

of our mission. In a handwritten letter

dated December 13, 1918, addressed

to the Ministry of Public Works

of the newly established Czechoslovak

Republic, the authors precisely defined

the tasks and goals of the state geological

survey. Next to detailed geological

mapping, three further substantial aims

were given: science, service, and

education. Each of these three goals has

been fulfilled throughout the history

of the CGS.

Comparing the original ideas

of our honoured predecessors with current

CGS activities, we see that the goals they

outlined still survive. However, the focus of

the Survey's activities has gradually

shifted throughout the intervening

decades.

Following periods of extensive prospecting

for mineral raw materials, and periods

emphasizing basic geological research

and extensive mapping,

we have now entered a period which is

focused on environmental issues,

involving hazards and the sustainable

management of natural resources.

While facing these issues of global

interest, we also have to cope with the

challenges of the ongoing IT revolution.

The political changes at the beginning

of the nineties have substantially

influenced life in the Czech Republic,

which is now facing membership

in the European Union. Important changes

have also appeared within CGS.

Its organization (the responsibility

of the Ministry of the Environment, staff

reduction), system of financing, and fields

of activity (increasing proportion of expert

work for state and local authorities) have

all been altered, while we have also been

able to initiate new activities abroad.

The CGS has become a member

of organizations such as FOREGS

and EuroGeoSurveys, and could begin

to freely cooperate with international

geoscientific organizations.

The new information technology

has enabled us to improve our contacts

and communications with our colleagues

in the Survey and in the rest of the world,

and gives us mighty and effective tools

for managing, disseminating, and applying

the geoscience data, information, and

knowledge collected throughout

CGS history.

We believe the following pages will give

you a good overview of the contemporary

activities and the mission of the Czech

Geological Survey, as we continue

to enhance our position as a modern

geoscience research organization

that strives to meet public and professional

needs through our continued dedication

to science, service, and education.

RNDr. Miloš Růžička, CSc.

Director

Short historic overview

The Czech Geological Survey (CGS) was

established in 1919, and became the successor

of the Imperial and Royal Geological Institute

of Vienna (founded in 1849). Its main tasks

consisted of basic geological research

and the geological mapping of Czechoslovakia.

The Survey was an independent, objective state

body, engaged in extensive assessment activity.

This activity primarily concerned the exploitation

of mineral and water sources, and the building

of railways, dams, and other constructions.

At the time of Nazi occupation (1939–1945)

the Survey became subject to German

authorities, and its scope of activity was

restricted to the so-called Protectorate

of Bohemia and Moravia. After the liberation

of the country in 1945, the Survey was

incorporated into the Ministry of Industry, and

retained its status as an independent body until

1958. Following the Soviet model, the Survey

became subordinate to the administration

of the Central Geological Office in 1958.

After the year 1989 the Geological Survey

reclaimed its role as a state geological service.

Currently, the CGS belongs to the Ministry

of Environment. The statute of the institution as

a state research institute is based on a Decree,

updated and valid since January 1, 2001, and

on the Constitution Instruments signed by the

Minister of Environment of the Czech Republic

on July 31, 2003.

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CGS since 1919: Science – Service – Education

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Regional geological research:

Geodynamic modeling of thecontact between the BohemianMassif & Western Carpathians:

Our thorough geological study of the Czech

Republic (CR), which involves the compilation

of geological and thematic maps of various

scales and the collecting, assessing and

delivering data and material documentation,

focuses on the following aspects:

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the deep structure of the Bohemian Massif

and the Western Carpathians

regional studies of the evolution, tectonic

patterns and composition of particular

geological units

petrological, geochemical and mineralogi-

cal investigations of crystalline formations

the genesis and paleogeography

of sedimentary basins and their

thermal histories

global lithostratigraphic and

biostratigraphic correlations

crystal chemistry and isotopic research

metallogenesis

This project dealt with the geology of the E

margin of the Bohemian Massif and the adja-

cent Western Carpathians, and the potential

oil and gas accumulations in this area. The

work included an update of the lithostratigra-

phy, a study of paleogeography and paleo-

environmental characteristics, and conside-

ration of its structural evolution in space and

time. The combined analysis of seismic

and gravity data, the composition of density-

balanced cross-sections along selected

seismic profiles, and the examination of digital

topographical models enabled the visualiza-

tion of low-amplitude structural features.

GeologicalResearch

Mapping&Two-mica granite, from the

crest of the Plechý Mt.,

Bohemian Forest

Biotite granite, Žulová

massif, Bažantnice forest

(transmitted light, XP)

A block field at the top of the Lusen ,

Bohemian Forest, was formed by the action

of climatic conditions in the glacial periods

Hill (Luzný)

Schematic geological map of the western part

of the Outer Western Carpathians

Regional Geological Research | Geological & ThematicMapping | Paleontologic and Biostratigraphic Studies |Geological Heritage

Tectonosedimentary evolutionof NW Bohemia: A digital elevation

model of the crystalline basement and the

Upper Paleozoic surface strata that underlie

sedimentary and volcanic units in the area

of NW Bohemia resulted in a new view

of the geological structures of this area.

This model was constructed using

the completely re-evaluated the CGS –

Geofond well log database and other sources

(aprox. 23,000 well logs were processed).

Plastic folding in the leptite

& amphibolite complex,

Polka at Vápenná,

Rychlebské hory Mts.

Devonian basal quartz

conglomerates in the Babí

Quarry Natural Reserve,

Lelekovice near Brno

Subsidence history

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The researching of thecrystalline complexes

Geological and thematic maps:

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connected to the geological mapping and to

Czech- and EU-funded research projects,

which also involve international cooperation.

The research activities are focussed on:

Geological mapping has been among the

main tasks of the CGS since its foundation.

Following the production of a series to small

scale maps (1:1,000,000 to 1:200,000) from

the 1960's to the 1980's, the CGS has

conducted further mapping in medium scales

(i.e. 1:50,000 and 1:25,000). The geological

mapping of crystalline complexes and their

sedimentary cover in the Czech Republic and

their digitization has focussed on:

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the petrology, geochemistry, structure

and metamorphism of the metamorphic

and intrusive rocks, and the reconstruction

of their evolution (applying all available

analytical methods)

the modeling of metamorphic development

using PT paths and/or geochronology

the study of magma genesis

& emplacement

the definition of regional geological units

and main tectonic structures

special mineralogical and crystal-chemical

investigations (e.g. the thermomagnetic

analysis of Fe-spinellides in young

volcanics)

completing the 1:50,000 scale geological

and thematic maps

basic geological mapping

compilation of a synoptic 1:500,000

geological map of the CR

participation in constructing a geological

map of the Western Carpathians (publi-

shed by the Slovak Geological Survey)

collaboration on compiling a geological

map of Europe and Northern Europe

maps of protected areas in the CR

1:25,000

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map of the Quaternary sediments of the CR

synoptic geophysical maps (1:500,000

radiometric and magnetic maps)

CGS has covered the entire Czech Republic

on geological and other thematic maps at the

1:50,000 scale. The collection of geological,

hydrogeological and other maps (such as for

mineral deposits, soils, surface water geoche-

mistry, geochemical reactivity of rocks, envi-

ronmental factors, and zoning for geological

engineering) was published in the late 1990's.

This unique set is comprised of 1,651 maps.

Since 1996 the CGS has

restarted the geological mapping on the

1:25,000 scale, which has been interrupted

in the interest of completing the 1:50,000

mapping program. The mapped areas were

selected based on applications from state

and local authorities, and are related

to environmental or development problems.

Between 1997 and 2003, fourty-nine sheets

have been completed, and the mapping

continues in the areas of Jeseníky Mts.,

Žďárské vrchy Mts., Bohemian Forest,

Giant Mts., NW Bohemia, and elsewhere.

Czech Republic covered by1 : 50,000 geological maps:

Detailed geological mapping1:25,000: Titanite with younger titanite

& plagioclase symplectite,

from the Rešice skarn,

Moldanubicum (transmitted

light, XP)

Symplectite of plagioclase

and clinopyroxene forms

corona around garnet, in the

Rešice skarn (back-scattered

electron image)

Layout of a geological map at the scale

of 1:25,000 processed by digital cartographic

methods (map sheet 14-234 Hanušovice)

Fragment of an amphibole

gneiss in the Liberec granite,

Ruprechtice

Elevation model of the crystalline

basement (red) and the surface

of the Upper Palaeozoic sediments

(green) with cross-sections through

Tertiary volcanics (golden yellow),

NE part of the Doupovské hory Mts.,

sheet 11-222 Kadaň, view from SE

The map published in coope-

ration with geological sur-

veys of Germany and Poland

Doupovské hory Mts.

Dolerite, from the Metabazite

Zone of the Brno Massif, loc.

Česká (transmitted light, XP)

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Regional geology of LowerPaleozoic sedimentaryformations:

Research in the UpperCretaceous sequences:

Mapping and studies of UpperPaleozoic:

During the past few years,

Lower Paleozoic research has concentrated

on detailed studies of the the development

of the Prague Basin's Silurian and Lower

Devonian facies, systematic studies

of the Bivalvia and Cephalopoda (including

their paleocommunities), and the correlation

of Bohemian Silurian and Lower Devonian

with other North Gondwana regions.

The protection and conservation of important

geological sites in the Lower Paleozoic

of Bohemia is also of high importance.

Cretaceous sediments form the most

extensive pre-Quaternary platform cover

of the Bohemian Massif. The Bohemian

Cretaceous Basin contains the largest

sources of groundwater and some important

mineral deposits, such as uranium, sand for

glass making and foundries, building materials

(lime, gravel, sand) and decorative stones.

One of the main objectives of our Cretaceous

Regional geology and geological mapping:

Paleobotany and palynology:

Geological mapping has

improved our knowledge of the structure and

distribution of Carboniferous and Permian

sediments in the Plzeň and Kladno-Rakovník

basins. Stratigraphic and paleontological

investigations are currently being carried out

in order to help correlate the Permian

horizons in the northern part of the Boskovice

Graben.

uticles

of cordaites and seed-ferns were investigated

as part of . The projects dealing

with the investigation of spores of "in situ"

spore-plants entailed an intimate conjunction

of paleobotany and palynology. The Archaic

group of Progymnosperm plants

(Noeggerathia), which became extinct by the

Upper Paleozoic, was carefully studied.

The revision of older materials in the archives

of the CGS, such as boles, cones and fronds

of the species , enabled

the reconstruction of an image of an entire

plant with its cuticles and primitive stomas.

Other spore-plants, such as seed-ferns and

club-mosses, were also studied.

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grant projects

Noeggerathia foliosa

research is systematic regional geological

investigation and mapping at different scales.

Publications about the Bohemian Cretaceous

Basin and the Police Basin present some

of the main outcomes of these studies.

Current geological mapping activity has given

us an updated view of the stratigraphy and

tectonic structure of the Cretaceous in

Northern and Eastern Bohemia and Moravia.

One of the important

themes of our special research is the

multiphase development of the Saxonian

tectonics of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin,

which includes the reconstruction

of movements along the Lužice fracture zone.

This study was sponsored by the Grant

Agency of the Czech Republic.

A general paleobotanical investigation of the

Special studies:

Biostratigraphy and paleontology:

Cardiola gibbosa

Cardiola gibbosa

"Protobactrites" styloideum

Neodiversograptus

nilssoni

Community. Assemblage with

BARRANDE and

(BARRANDE).

Kopanina Formation, cephalopod limestone

biofacies, Silurian, Ludlow,

Biozone, Praha-Butovice, Bohemia

Aulacopleura konincki,

Testograptus testis

Motol

Formation,

Loděnice

Silurian, Wenlock,

Biozone,

Calcareous nannofossils –

Efloralis:

Stover, Early Ceno-

manian, Štramberk locality,

Silesian Unit, W. Carpathians

Eprolithus floralis

(Stradner)

Paleopteridium macrophyllum in a tuffaceous

sandstone, Blatnice

Microphoto of the Carboni-

ferous cordaite cuticuls with

primitive spiracles

The Silurian/Devonian

boundary beds, Svatý Jan

pod Skalou, Barrandian

The reworking of older

material in the CGS

collections enabled the

reconstruction of the plant

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Bohemian Cenomanian was undertaken.

The past five years have also been dedicated

to the study of Cretaceous bivalves,

foraminifers and calcareous nannoplankton.

The

investigation of calcareous nannofossils was

successfully applied to biostratigraphy during

geological mapping and in large-scale joint

projects with the International Correlation

Programme, a bilateral cooperation with the

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

This research covered the following areas:

Bohemian Cretaceous Basin: Attention

was given to the Braarudosphaera-bloom

during the Turonian which can be

explained by an increased input

of terrigenous material and/or a complete

sea-level standstill.

Outer Western Carpathians: The joint

occurrence of high- and low-latitude

nannofossil taxa was found in the

Cretaceous flysch. The degree of influence

of the "boreal" province fluctuated during

geological time and was affected by

paleogeographic conditions. This pheno-

menon was used for the paleogeographic

reconstructions of the N Tethys Sea.

The Upper Cretaceous nannofossil

assemblages from the Eastern Alps,

Western Carpathians and Northern

Europe were compared and

the conclusions were published jointly

with our Austrian colleagues.

The K/T boundary was identified in the

distal flysch sediments of the Rača Unit,

Magura Group of nappes.

Carpathian Foredeep: studies were

carried out especially in the Lower/Middle

Miocene boundary sediments.

Our Quater-

nary geologists have participated in the

construction of more than 50 geological and

thematic maps the explanatory notes of which

contain significant stratigraphic, biostratigra-

phic, paleobotanical and malacozoological

conclusions. Recent investigations concern

the palynology of the lacustrine and oxbow

sediments of the Morava (March) River.

Important Quaternary outcrops, new

exposures of flood deposits, and landslide

areas were documented and evaluated.

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Micropaleontological andbiostratigraphic research:

Quaternary Research:

Sampling for magnetic

susceptibility at the loess/

paleosol section of Bistryan-

ka, in the northern foothills

of the Russian Altay Mts.

Carbonized wood and pipe in

situ, dated at 440 years BP,

on the bottom of an

abandoned Upper Holocene

meander of the Morava

(March) River, Bzenec-Přívoz

This monograph

describes and

documents, in

315 photographs,

the individual

genetic groups

of Quaternary

sediments within

the Czech Republic

Gravelly silts of alluvial fans

at Horní Hanychov and Doubí

Castellated rocks, consisting

of the Coniacian sandstones,

Hrubá Skála

A volcanic neck of analcime basanite

penetrating Cretaceous sediments at the glass

sands deposit Střeleč

The assessment of valuable objects from the

Paleolithic up to the Middle Ages was

accomplished with cooperation of archeolo-

gists. The investigation of Quaternary

sediments in Europe, Asia and Latin America

was also carried out on an international scale.

Some Quaternary localities were carefully

documented and presented to the authorities

for official protection measures. The Survey's

Quaternary geologists combined research

teams with grant projects, international

correlation projects such as IGCP 378

and 4487 and the activities of the INQUA

commission. They also organized international

Quaternary conferences and related field trips

(IGCP 378, 448, PAGES,

Holocene Commission of INQUA).

The Czech

Geological Survey actively participates

in

Geological heritage:

protection of sites and landscapes of geolo-

gical interest (geotopes). The geodatabase

of important geological localities in the Czech

Republic, compiled by the CGS, consists

of more than 1200 records of sites that are

protected or have been recommended

for protection, as well as other geological sites

of scientific and natural value.

CGS drilling machine

LUMESA 353, for shallow

holes in sediments

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Geochemical research relatedto environmental problems:The Czech Geological Survey leads and

participates in many basic and

interdisciplinary environmental research

projects including long-term monitoring and

mapping. Some of the topics of this research

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the geochemical interactions of the

atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and

geosphere

the long-term monitoring of element

cycling

geochemical cycles of

geochemical and biogeochemical

assessment of critical loads

interdisciplinary environmental sciences,

such as biogeochemistry, medical geology,

plant and soil ecology

mapping and analysis of chemical records;

studying the migration and accumulation

of inorganic contamination and organic

pollutants in terrestrial and aqueous

environments

sulfur, nitrogen and

heavy metals

the effects of bedrock composition on

element cycling

long-term trends in the atmospheric

deposition of sulfur, nitrogen and basic

cations

changes in biogeochemical pathways

in Central European forest soils

acidification and eutrophication of waters

and forest soils; nutritional degradation

of forest soils (collecting data

for new legislation)

the geochemical aspects of forest decline;

data synthesis and formulation

of recommendations to forest managers

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behavior of trace elements in ecosystems

and isotopes as tracers of dispersion

of pollutants

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the study of hydrochemical and

biogeochemical processes in relation to

regional pollution and global change.

The main methodological approach is that

of monitoring water balances, element

budgets, and element cycling in a national

network of small forested basins. The data we

obtain (fluxes of chemical compounds and

critical loads) is used for modeling interactions

in the bedrock–soil–hydrosphere–atmosphere

–biota system. Time studies of inputs and

outputs of acidifying and/or toxic compounds

at the catchment level can also be used

in assessing the health status of ecosystems.

global change studies

the effects of climatic changes on the mo-

bility & transport of metals in ecosystems

assessment of radon risk

Hydrochemical and biogeoche-mical processes:

GeochemistryEnvironmental

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The burning of brown coal in power plants

during the 1960s 1980s resulted in large-scale

soil acidification and forest dieback in the

Krušné hory Mts. Since the 1990s all power

plants have been desulfurized, and emissions

have declined by 90% compared to the 1980s

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Time series of annual

throughfall deposition

of sulfur and nitrogen

in selected catchments

of the GEOMON network

Interaction Atmosphere – Biosphere – Hydrosphere –Geosphere | Monitoring of Element Budgets | Acidifica-tion of Forest Soils |Organic Pollutants | Radon Risk

Fluxes of water and chemical

compounds from the Lysina

catchment, Slavkov Forest

have been continuously

monitored using a weir and

a water-level recorder

(GEOMON network)

Long-term soil acidification

as a result of acid rain was

the reason for widespread

spruce decline in high-altitude

forests (Giant Mts.)

Sulfur budgets (inputs vs.

outputs) of the Lysina catch-

ment (Slavkov Forest)

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Biogeochemical studies offorest ecosystems:

Hydrological and chemical data

from the GEOMON network, which encom-

passes fourteen small forest catchm

ant compo-

nents have been measured on a monthly

basis. A marked decrease in the atmospheric

deposition of pollutants occurred as a result

of the desulfurization program adopted in the

CR between 1993 and 1998. However, the

throughfall deposition of sulfur, which incor-

porates wet and dry portions, is still substan-

tial, especially at higher elevations. The recent

return to the use of coal heating in the

residential sector may explain the increase

of the sulfur deposition in some areas.

The proportion of dry deposition of sulfur

measured under coniferous canopies

represents 30–70% of the total deposition.

Much less deposition was measured under

canopies of deciduous trees. Atmospheric

deposition data has shown that nitrogen

compounds have become the most important

source of acidification since 2000, caused

by an increased road traffic. The direct impact

of air pollution (including ozone), an

abundance of nitrogen, acidification and toxic

metal mobilisation are probably the primary

causes of forest decline. Acute weathering

changes, insect pests, or fungal infections act

as secondary stressors.

Stable isotopes

of light elements (sulfur, nitrogen, carbon and

oxygen) have been used in the biogeochemi-

cal studies of forest ecosystems, wetlands,

and greenhouse gas emissions. Sulfur isoto-

pes have shown that over 50% of the sulfate

sulfur in streams draining spruce die-back

ents in

the Czech Republic, has been collected.

Unified field and laboratory methods have

been used since 1994, but many catchments

have been monitored much longer. Bulk

deposition as well as throughfall deposition

and runoff of ecologically import

Cover page of a study

of the long-term acidifi-

cation and nutrient

degradation of forest

soils, coordinated by

CGS, and published in

2003 by the Ministry of

Environment of the CR

Locations of the GEOMON network

of small forest catchments, which

have been monitored under unified

methods since 1994

GEOMON

affected catchments had been organically

cycled. Consequently, the modeling of mere

inorganic adsorption/desorption

cannot give reliable predictions of the rates

of an acidification reversals. All sulfur is cycled

within the soil.

Lead isotope profiles in peat bogs suggest for

the predominance of led derived from coal-

burning in Central Europe, over lead derived

from gasoline burning and ore-smelting.

sulfate

has been identified in many areas

of the Czech Republic as a major factor that

can limit forestry in the near future. It is

for the reason that in May 2000, the Czech

Government commissioned the Ministry

of Environment to develop the "Proposal

of Complete and Systematic Measures

for Mitigating Forest Soil Degradation

due to the Effects of Air Pollution".

The interest of using

dynamic acidification models for predicting

the response of soils and drainage waters

in atmospheric deposition and land use leads

to the application of MAGIC (Model of

Acidification of Groundwater in Catchments).

The project was designed to reconstruct past

and predict future drainage water and soil

chemistries at two catchments in the Western

Bohemia with contrasting vulnerability

to acidification (granitic Lysina & serpentinitic

Pluhův Bor).

MAGIC Project:

The long-term acidification andnutrient degradation of forestsoils

Long-term changes

in streamwater chemistry,

observed between 1989 2002

(dots) and modeled for

1850 2030 (lines),

at the Lysina and Pluhův Bor

catchments, two geologically

contrasting environments

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Measurements of throughfall

(precipitation under tree

canopies) provide the best

estimate of the atmospheric

inputs of anthropogenic

compounds into forest

ecosystems (Na Lizu

catchment, Bohemian Forest)

The influence of atmospheric

deposition on the forest

decline has been studied

in the Orlické hory Mts.

The Lysina catchment, Slav-

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a spruce monoculture typical

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Radon risk research:

Research of Cs markerhorizons:

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Radon ( Rn)

generated in bedrock is one of the main

contributors to lung cancer risk in humans.

The radon project of CGS is aimed at

detecting rock types with enhanced radon

concentration, and toward confining areas of

high priority for indoor radon measurements.

Since 1990, uniform methods of soil gas

radon measurements have been applied

to cover the various geological units and rock

types in the Czech Republic. The results

of CGS measurements performed by the CGS

and by private companies in the Association

of Radon Risk are stored in the soil gas radon

database. This database, with its vectorized

geological maps and the continuing

development of soil gas measuring methods,

is the first step toward radon mapping

at various scales. Unlike the regional maps

of scales of 1:200,000 and 1:500,000,

the present program is oriented on detailed

computerized mapping at the scale

of 1:50,000. These maps, published both

in printed and electronic form, are widely used

by the National Radiation Protection Institute

and other state authorities dealing with the

Czech radon program. The analyses of indoor

soil gas–radon relationship, undertaken with

GIS systems, have confirmed the geological

prognosis and have contributed to detecting

houses that exceed the radon action level

of 400 Bq.m .

Detailed information about the radon-related

activities of the Czech Geological Survey

is presented on the Information portal

at www.geology.cz.

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This research is focused on

monitoring of the distribution of a wide range

of contaminants in the region of the Jeseníky

Mts. (Jeseníky–Ostrava). In addition to roughly

monitored persistent organic compounds and

heavy metals, the distribution of

anthropogenic Cs (half-life 30.1 years), Cs

(half-life 2.06 years) and other radionuclides

(U, Th, K) in various soil types (woods,

pastures, fields) is being examined.

The ecological and radiological significance

of the contamination is being analysed

with respect to soil utilization and potential

transfer of Cs and other monitored elements

in the food chain.

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Maps of radon risk (index)

of the bedrock at the scale

of 1:50,000 (CD-ROM)

The portable radonmeter

RDA 200 (Scintrex) with

exchangable Lucas cells

is used for soil gas radon

measurements by the CGS

The schematic map of As

content in the streams of the

Czech Republic

The map of Hg content

in river sediments of the CR

Mapy radonového indexu

geologického podlo�í

1 : 50 000

Èeská geologická slu�ba

Gammaspectrometric meas-

urement in the Hrubý Jeseník

Mts., a part of the project of

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Lake Research: All five Czech lakes

are located in spruce-forested catchments

in the Bohemian Forest along the border with

Germany and Austria, in the largest woodland

area in the Central Europe. The chronology

of metallic pollution, and the relative changes

in the atmospheric input of pollutants into lake

watersheds were studied in 0.3 to 1.3 m long

sediment cores collected from Černé,

Čertovo, Plešné and Prášilské Lake.

The Pb and C dating methods provide

a reliable chronology of cores extending back

to above more than 6,500 BP (Prášilské

Lake). The sediments have recorded both

regional and local atmospheric pollution

caused by the smelting of metals

(for example since about 2,810 BP .

Concentrations of Pb, Cu, Bi, and As

increased during three periods

of the lst millennium AD (around 0 AD;

550 and 900 AD). The pollution produced

by smelting was more pronounced

in the 14 and 16 centuries AD, when

concentrations of Pb exceeded natural

by a factor of 7–8. These maxima of Pb, Bi,

Sb, and As are result of pollution from metal

smelting in the wider surroundings

of the lakes, and are unlike any previously

reported. After a complex development

during the Renaissance, the pollution peaked

twice in 20 century: between 1900 and 1910

and from 1956 to 1978. Only the last increase

in metal concentrations in the lacustrine

sediments was connected to emissions

from coal combustion and mobile sources

(traffic). A decrease in metal deposition to the

lake watersheds started in the 1970's, which

predates the decrease in the deposition

of sulfur compounds (1986).

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Radon risk map at a scale of 1:50,000,

sheet 22-23 Mirovice (the NW quadrant)

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Risk assessment of sedimentsof dam reservoirs, ponds andlakes:

The migration of radionuclidesand toxic compounds in thefractured matrix of a crystallinemassif:

The negative effectsof pollutants on environmentaland human health:

The investigation of these

sediments is being carried out on model

objects. Samples are comprehensively

characterized by a series of analyses,

including grain size, silicate composition,

XRD, content of humic compounds, TOC, TIC,

extractable organic matter, organic

contaminants, heavy metals, and the content

of radiogenic elements. The fixation

of selected contaminants in rocks and

their leakage into the environment is studied

(in conditions of dynamic and static sorption

and desorption, column experiments, and

sequential analysis. The results of the model

solutions and the pilot risk assessment data

enable the formulation of preliminary princip-

les for treatment the contaminated sediments

of dam reservoirs, ponds and lakes.

The first version of the simulation

system has been designed to represent

groundwater flow and the transport of dis-

solved chemical components in a fractured

rock environment. The system of models and

codes consists of a pre-processor part, proper

models, and a postprocessor part. The pre-

processor transforms data from granitectonic

measurements and hydrogeological tests into

the format of the input data structures. These

data structures enter in the numerical models

of physical and chemical processes (flow of

water and transport of chemicals).

Experimental data were obtained from two

deep drill holes in the granitic massif in the

Krušné hory Mts. (Potůčky). The models

developed for porous rock environments were

applied to the flow and transport around

a hypothetical radioactive waste repository.

In this case, the fractures were represented

by a rock environment with a double porosity

of extremely small and extremely high

permeability. The transport and decay of

radionuclides was simulated using this model.

This involves

evaluating the progression, concentrations,

Localization of the geochemi-

cal samples of sediments

from the damNechranice

The character of sediments

sampled in the damJesenice

Lacustrine sediments from

the Černé Lake, Bohemian

Forest, have been studied

for their metal content

Geochemical and

geochronological research

has reconstructed the

climatic oscillations during

Atlantic & Subboreal in the

upper section of Holocene

freshwater travertines

and atmospheric depositions of selected air

pollutant emissions (compounds of sulfur,

nitrogen, ozone, dust aerosol, heavy metals,

POPs) in the CR, with regard to limit values

for the protection of ecosystems and the

health of the population, and is linked to EU

legislation and UN-ECE rulings. We have

quantified the impact of air pollution and other

contamination sources on environmental

components and ecosystems. The exposition

levels for various groups of population

and different areas of the CR have been

estimated.

Detailed studies

of geochemical record of paleoenvironmental

changes in freshwater carbonates (calcareous

tufa deposits and cave deposits), combined

with sedimentological and biostratigraphic

analysis, have significantly improved our

understanding of the climate and its evolution

during the Upper Pleistocene (and especially

during Holocene). Most of these projects dealt

with sedimentary profiles from the Bohemian

Karst, and benefited from cooperation with

the Geological Institute of the Czech

Academy of Sciences and the Institute

of Geology of Polish Academy of Sciences.

The response of the karst environ-ment to

river system evolution during the Tertiary and

Quaternary is a focus of the ongoing project.

The behavior of the karst environment during

Late Holocene flood events, including

the 2002 flood, represents an integral part

of the study. The past two thousand years

have been a period of especially intense

erosion within the Holocene.

Paleoenvironmental studies –the karst record:

Sampling of subsurface waters from

the Cenomanian rocks for radiometric dating,

in cooperation with the University of Bern

as a part of the BASELINE EU Project

Lead content in soils,

Geochemical Atlas of Prague

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Re-evaluation of mineralresource reconnaissance in theCzech Republic: More than 3,000

potential sources of mineral raw materials

(reconnaissance mineral resources – RMR)

were digititized (database, GIS) and re-

evaluated for the the state authorities during

the years 1997–2002. Almost 2,500 of them

(78%) were cancelled (Z), while remaining

objects were subdivided into three newly

defined categories: registered RMR

of reserved minerals (P) – preserved for

future exploration (Geological Act, 1992),

registered RMR of building materials (R),

and registered uneconomic occurrences (Q).

The following

study, carried out in the Syrovice – Iváň area

(Southern Moravia), resulted

in the designation of 16 new reconnaissance

mineral resources of feldspar-bearing alluvial

sand and gravels (totaling more than 21 mil.

tons of resources, with estimated feldspar

content 6–8%). Based on these results,

all feldspar resources were subject

of exploration, which resulted in six new

deposits with measured feldspar resources.

Feldspar-bearing deposits:

Regional raw material policies:

Exploitation of mineral rawmaterials in protectedlandscape areas:

Regional policy in the field of mineral raw

materials and their resources is based on the

requirements of the Ministry of the

Trade

. It attempts to present and sustain

and optimum scope of activities through which

the newly established local authorities

manage the utilization of local mineral

resources and balance deficits concerning

aggregates. The regional policies for

are based on an analysis

of local sources and a prognosis of the future

demands for such materials. These policies

serve the purpose of land development

documentation, which is based

on the principle of sustainable development,

and help to create conditions for balanced

relations between economic, social

and environmental aspects.

Industry

& of the Government of the Czech

Republic

mineral

raw materials

The 24 protected

landscape areas (PLA) comprise almost

15% of the state territory. The Environmental

Protection Act (1992) strictly forbids any

mineral exploitation within the first zone

of PLA, and does not allow mining activities

in the second zones. The project aims at

analyzing and evaluating the various econo-

mic and environmental aspects that influence

the exploitation of different deposits of various

mineral raw materials. This is very important

for the local administration of PLA's, that takes

major decisions with the aim of minimizing the

negative impacts associated with the present

and future exploitation of these deposits

and the protection of their reserves.

MineralResources& Mining Impact

The combination of an

orthophoto and a GIS used

during data analysis

(exploited sand deposit

Unčovice – Náklo)

Destruction of the Vršetín

basanite hill in the České

středohoří Protected

Landscape Area by crushed

stone exploitation (Obřice)

Re-evaluation of reconnais-

sance mineral resources

in the Czech Republic (for

categories see text)

An arial view of the exploited glass sands depo-

sit Střeleč in the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin

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Exploitation, export, and im-

port of kaolin in EU countries

and in the Czech Republic

Mineral Raw Materials |Identification and Assessmentof Resources | Regional Raw Material Policies |MineralMarkets | Mitigation of Mining Impacts

The active quarry for high

quality decorative Liberec

granite, Ruprechtice

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Complex assessment of theCBM program:

Evaluation of expected changesin the export and importof economic minerals afterjoining EU:

Researching

the possible use of gas sorptin (especially

methane) on coal beds (coal bed methane –

CBM) constitutes a specific kind of geological

work. Pilot works, inspired by promising

results achieved in the USA, were undertaken

in the Czech Republic in the 1990's by four

companies (Eurogas Kladno, OKD – DPB

Paskov, Unigeo Ostrava, and MCBM Ostrava)

which explored the area of the Upper Silesian

Basin, situated outside of coal mining districts.

After the major part of the exploratory works

was completed, the

the Czech

Geological Survey to the task called "Complex

Appraisal of the CBM Program". The aims

of this assignment are as follows:

to compare and evaluate the results

acquired from the works of individual

research organisations

to summarize and append geological,

hydrogeological, and geochemical

information related to CBM & exploratory

areas

to contribute to the understanding and

to reconstruct the mechanisms of genesis,

sorption, and desorption of CBM

to evaluate the prospects of taking

over CBM sources in the Upper Silesian

Basin and in other parts of the CR

Czech Ministry

of the Environment assigned

Data on the mining

legislation of the European Union member

countries, as well as main trends in

exploitation, processing, and the international

trade of economic minerals were used for

prediction changes in the exploitation, export,

and import of economic minerals in the Czech

Republic following its accession to the EU.

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Cenomanian/Turonian

sequence in the hanging wall

of the excavated

C

Pecínov quarry

arboniferous claystones,

Open pit of the Merkur brown

coal mine, N. Bohemia

Coalification trend of the

Carboniferous

and Carpathian Fore-Deep

expressed by the index

Upper Silesian

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the Rock-Eval pyrolysis

max

Water pool, recalling the past

undeground mining of black

coal near Ostrava

The model of uranium minerali-zation in the Rožná deposit:

Environmental mining impacts:

The Rožná uranium deposit is hosted

by mylonites and cataclastites that were

formed during the Late Carboniferous ductile

and brittle shearing, are are associated with

chloritization and the formation of quartz-

sulfide and carbonate-sulfide metamorpho-

genic mineralization. During the Early

Permian, chloritized zones were intruded by

saline, oxidized brines from Permian basins,

which were capable of dissolving uranium

from the host-rock complex. The oxidized

brines were gradually reduced by chlorite,

biotite and pyrite, giving rise to the uraninite-

coffinite-Fe-illite-Fe-oxihydroxides association.

The study of secondary minerals forms

a basis for the prediction of the water-rock

reactions during the future flooding of the

mine ( ).Grant of the GA CR No. 205/00/0212

The Czech Republic has enormous amount

of relics of the past mining and processing

of mineral raw materials. At least 25%

of the population lives in the highly damaged

environmental areas, caused mostly

by the mining and extraction of brown- and

black coal, uranium, and polymetallic ores.

The long term project is mainly focused on

determining all possible mining and mineral

processing impacts, and on collecting

evidence of the impact of mining in the CR.

The requirements of international cooperation

and the preparations for the full EU-member-

ship in 2004 resulted in our participation

in the following EU projects:

PECOMINES (inventory, regulations

and environmental impact of toxic mining

waste in pre-candidate countries)

MINEO (monitoring & assessing the

environmental impact of mining in Europe

using remote sensing techniques).

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Altered biotite and authigenic

pre-ore chlorite in hydrother-

mally altered rock from the

Rožná uranium deposit

The rim of a collapsed

modern stope (recently

a cultural monument), at a Cu

ore deposit Zlaté Hory-South

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Engineering geology: The CGS

engineering geologists and their associated

staff play a fundamental role in the

qualification of geological risks caused by

exogenic dynamic processes. The problems

of rock avalanches and landslides, triggered

by different processes, comprise a major part

of the activities of the engineering geolog

team. Their research activities have resulted

in the recommendation of mitigation

measures after the catastrophic flooding

AppliedGeology

Natural Risks&

A hydrogeological map of the Czech Republic

1: 50,000, sheet 24-12 Letovice

Measurement of pressure responses in two

boreholes (300 and 350 m deep) during an

injection test using multipacker system

in the granite massif, the Krušné hory Mts.

Pressure test in a borehole in

the Krušné hory Mts.

Borehole UH-61 drilled by

ND Hodonín Enterprise for

studying the possible usage

of the geothermal sources

the

Data unit for data collecting

during the pressure test

Hydrogeological research andmapping: The CGS Hydrogeology Group

is a multidisciplinary group of hydrogeologists

with a wide range of experience and skill in

regional groundwater research in the Czech

Republic. The main fields of expertise include:

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on the

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regional hydrogeological mapping,

the compilation of different types

of hydrogeological maps (e.g. basic

hydrogeological and hydrochemical maps,

groundwater dynamics maps, vulnerability

maps), and complementary explanatory

notes or hydrogeological studies

groundwater resources assessment

and mapping

estimation of regional groundwater

dynamics and borehole hydraulics,

development of new methods

for pumping tests

assessment of urban, industrial,

and agricultural groundwater pollution

estimating the aquifer properties

of regional hydraulic parameters

assessment of water quality, mineral

water analysis

research of groundwater quality and

hydrochemical processes, the

implementation of EU groundwater

protection policies and directives

groundwater protection strategies

(hydroecological mapping, different sorts

of vulnerability maps)

thermal environment in the deep

boreholes of the Naftové doly Hodonín, Corp.

was assessed within the framework

of "The possibilities of exploitation

of the geothermal sources".

Geothermal energy:

Hydrogeological Mapping & Research | GeologicalHazards | Radioactive Waste Deposition | Supportof Development Planning

The karst spring in the

Nature Reserve near Srbsko,

deposits of

calcareous tufa in the form of

terraces and cascades

Koda

recent

The fissure spring in Creta-

ceous sandstones of the

Jizera Formation, Zadní

Doubice – Border bridge

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Electromagnetic measurement,

testing localityMelechov

Access to the Sloup-Šošůvka

complex of caves during the

flood in July 1997

Earth flow in Bystřička,

Vsetín district, destroyed the

rail road (August 1997)

A locality for detailed

structural research, the high

level radioactive waste

repository project

in Moravia and Bohemia in 1997 and 2002.

Engineering geologists are also assessing

the risks of catastrophic gravitational slope

movements in the Labe (Elbe) River valley of

the České středohoří Mts., and slope stability

around the dams along the Vltava River valley.

In the Vltava River valley they estimate hazard

risks to the City of Prague from possible flood

waves triggered by landslides on unstable

slopes. The long-time experience of CGS

engineering geologists is being successfully

applied to aid projects in developing countries

(for instance, in Central America).

Slope deformation: These projects

started in 1997 when a catastrophic flood

triggered many landslide movements

in Moravia. This special research project

is striving to summarize and evaluate as much

information as possible on the physiographic

settings and mechanisms of landslide

phenomena in the model areas of Mladá

Boleslav, Vsetín and Zlín districts.

Individual landslides are being documented,

and systematic survey and classification

of landslides for new delineation of the areas

with special structural conditions is being

conducted. Special maps of stability

conditions provide the primary basis for

producing simple graphical prediction maps

of landslide susceptibility (landslide hazard).

A geotechnical survey of the Halenkovice

landslide includes the installation

of 19 surveying and observation points and

wells. The wells and the geotechnical survey

will be used towards the elaboration

of a project concerning mitigation measures.

Since 1991 CGS has also participated

on the "National High Level Waste Repository

Development Project”. Following a series

of pilot studies, which included primary

High level waste deposition:

Disintegrated rock massif

with an active slip plane,

floods 2002, Sv. Jan Rapids

CGS participated in the com-

pilation of the Atlas of Geo-

thermal Resources in Europe

(published by EC, 2002)

selection of 27 suggested geological

localities, CGS's long-term research activities

began on a granitic massif in the Melechov

test locality. In 1998 the first period of field,

airborne, and surface research was

conducted there.

From 1999 to 2001 CGS, together with many

other cooperating organizations, continued

field work in the Melechov area. By the order

of the Czech Radioactive Waste Repository

Authority (RAWRA), the "Test polygon Delimi-

tation of the First Stage Project” was started.

On the basis of this work, which involved

regional gravity, geoelectrical, geomagnetic

and magnetoteluric measurements, surface

electromagnetic profiling, a summary

interpretation of geophysical works, detailed

geological and hydrogeological mapping,

structural geological investigations,

geochemical research, and an analysis of

non-geological aspects, along with the results

of previous research on the Melechov massif,

four areas of about five square kilometers

were selected and proposed for the second

stage of the test-polygon selection. In 2002,

CGS was directed by RAWRA to undertake

the "Second Step of Test-polygon

Delimitation" project. This work encompassed

a complex of detailed geological, geophysical

and geochemical research, including drilling

works and related tests, and was undertaken

with the aim of the definitive test-polygon

location.

Professional assistance

to private enterprises included a geological

service on the Střeleč glass sand deposit and

geological documentation during the hydro-

geological surveying of mineral waters near

the Poděbrady Spa. Expert consultations

were provided to some companies for cases

involving catastrophic oil pollution.

Cooperation with privateenterprises:

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DistrictGeologists

Specialists&

Slope movements in the

settlement of Bučovice after

the catastrophic flood in 1997

The strongly weathered red-

coloured volcanics, in the

temporary excavation on the

Červený vrch locality, Prague

Lateral erosion by the Vltava

River 9 m high, from the 2002

floods 200, the Orlík dam

The Czech Geological Survey undertakes the

state geological survey of the Czech Republic

within the framework of its research and

development activities, as formulated in the

founder's deed and its amendments and

in accordance with the Section 17 of the Act

No 66/2001 Coll. The system of district

geologists and associated specialists assists

in the acquisition of background data and

in providing expert information in accordance

with the requirements of all levels

of government authorities of the Czech

Republic. These expert opinions serve

for various political, economic, and ecological

decisions concerning land use planning,

natural environmental protection, natural

resource management, and protection and

other important environmental issues.

S Czech

Geological Survey has strictly

a System of Quality Assurance in accordance

with the Standards of ČSN EN ISO 9001. This

rule is being applied to the CGS's high priority

tasks, which include providing expert opinions

and technical reports supervised by the

Administration of District Geologists, within

the framework of the project CGS 3500

(Expert assessments). District geologists

are experts in environmental legislation with

an emphasis on the geological environment,

and in the methods of geological surveys.

District geologists

participate in a basic geological

research, including geological mapping

and specific detailed investigations.

ince 1999 the

enforced

currently study the

geological development of the territory in their

charge. They

ISO 9001:

Basic geological research:

Geologists on the Spot | Expert Assessments | ISO 9001| Support of Regional Authorities | Assessmentsof Remedial Activities of Old Environmental Loads

Geoinformation service: District

geologists and associated specialists mainly

provide the following types of information

concerning a territory in their charge:

geological mapping, technical works,

large-scale construction works and mining

activities

the occurrence of new temporary outcrops

(e.g. exposed under construction

on highways, railroads, pipelines etc.)

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Districthydrogeologists

District economicgeologists

An outflow of the Jedovnice

brook near Josefov after its

6 km subterranean flow

A landslide caused by lateral

erosion in the

destroyed a gas pipeline,

Hanušovice 1997

Morava River

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Contact of basal glauconitic

sediments and

sandstones,

Praha-Kbely

Turonian

Cenomanian

The Czech Geological Survey´s e

:

xpert

assessments

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specialists

� of old ecological loads´ remedial

works

Documentation of a

quarry in

metagra-

nite Dolní Libina

Documentation of the

Cenomanian sediments

in the gas pipeline trench

at Korycany – Brázdim

CGS role in the remedialactivities for old environmentalloads: Fundamental political and social

changes during the past ten years have

launched the process of privatization. Thus

the state, as the former owner of extensive

assets, has been fully responsible for

enormous ecological loads on the geological

and groundwater environment. Financial

means allocated from the state budget for

the remediation of such ecological burdens

should be spent appropriately; and thus

a thorough knowledge of the geological

engineering and hydrogeological conditions

of contaminated sites is essential, together

with an understanding of the composition

and behaviour of various pollutants in the

geological and groundwater environment.

CGS specialists could apply their knowledge

of regional geology, geochemistry and special

disciplines in order towards mastering

complicated situations of urbanized

complexes and industrial zones.

Their experience in geochemical laboratory

techniques allows them to produce

professional technical reports concerning

a broad spectrum of problems, e.g. risk

assessments with their amendments,

remediation and sanation projects, and

suggestions for proper monitoring methods.

Such expert opinions can assist

the Foundation of the National Property

Organization of the Czech Republic with

deciding on the allocation of financial means

for the remediation of old ecological liabilities

in the privatized assets. As examples

of complicated situations involving the reme-

diation of old ecological loads, cases from the

North Bohemian and Ostrava coal basins can

be given, as well as the privatization of large

industrial enterprises in Prague, Brno, Ústí

nad Labem, and Olomouc agglomerations.

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conditions concerning protected and

important geological localities

persistant or temporary contamination

of the geological environment

impact of interference with the

geological environment from other

spheres of the natural environment

natural catastrophes related

to the geological environment and their

effects (e.g. inundations, landslides,

rockslides, etc.)

hazardous geofactors such as

undermined and unstable areas

protection of mineral deposits and

groundwater resources

District geologists and associated specialists

are required to cooperate officially with

regional and local authorities and autonomous

organs with respect to geological problems

(e.g. with municipal and county authorities,

the Administration of Protected Landscape

Areas, regional branches of the Ministry

of Regional Development, and respective

sections of the Ministry of Environment).

District geologists suggest and, if need be,

assure the geological activities necessary for

a given sphere of activity by state authorities

and autonomy organs. They offer professional

consultations to these bodies.

District geologists and associated specialists

express the views of the CGS concerning

hazardous geofactors, conflicts of interests,

land use planning documents, impacts

of construction activities and technology on

the natural environment, pursuant the Act No

100/2001 Coll. (E.I.A.), which also concerns

procedures for construction planning and

plans for the protection of the environment.

All this on the basis of written requirements

of state and autonomous authorities.

Geologists in the districts:

Remediation of a leakage

from an oil pipeline perfora-

ted by thieves, contaminated

loess and Cretaceous sedi-

ments, Polepy at Kolín

Sludge storing lagoon of the

uranium ores processing

plant, Dolní Rožínka

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ManagementDelivery

of Geodata&

The CGS "IT Headquarters"

in Prague (Klárov)

Geological Information System |GIS |Central DataWarehouse |Metadata System | CGS Portal |Map Server|Support of Research Projects |Digital Map Production

Like most other public sector research

organizations, the CGS has been responsible

for acquiring, storing, and analyzing

geoscience data and information since its

foundation. In response to the increasing

public demand for relevant geoscience

information, together with its statuary task of

supporting government and local authorities

in land-use planning, environmental

protection, and sustainable resource

development, the CGS had to develop a data

management system for the effective delivery

of geodata. In order to meet these require-

ments and to promote geoscience data to

public, the CGS established the independent

Division of Informatics in 2001 and started

to build up a uniform geological information

system. Additionally, an essential part

of the Division responsibility is the complete

IT support for CGS employees involving

technological training and consultant services.

The CGS geoinformation system has been

developed with the following long-term

goals in mind:

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development of informatics in the CGS

to apply unified procedures of collecting,

storing, and delivering data

the standardization of an effective inform-

ation flow, based on uniform IT equipment

the better utilization of human, technical,

& financial resources

to improve the presentation and marketing

of the CGS and its activities

to ensure its compatibility with the Uniform

Environmental Information System

of the Ministry of the Environment

Geological Information System:

The Central Data Warehouse

Metadata Information System(MIS):

serves as a repository for fifty-four CGS data

sources with geoscientific themes. The

Central Data Warehouse (CDW) archives data

gained from CGS research projects, unifies

different data sources and formats, defines

and applies uniform geological lexicons.

The storing of data in the CDW goes together

with creation of database applications,

enabling easy user access. There are two

types of the database applications:

A new catalogue of CGS data

sources, stored in the Central Data

Warehouse, provides a complete description

of individual data sources, including

such information as availability, quality,

and precision of geodata. The MIS

is accessible via the CGS Portal

as a database application and has become

an efficient data discovery tool.

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non-graphic (using RDBMS Oracle)

graphic (using Map Server services)

The CGS Extranet is an important presentation

tool and a source of information for both

specialists and public visitors

DVD-ROM with 940 geological

maps at the scale1:25,000

The Portal's Intranet sup-

ports the activities of the

CGS and delivers informa-

tion to its employ see

The entrance window

to the Information Portal

of the Czech Geological

Survey

The CGS Portal hosts web

pages of IAGOD, DIMAS,

ProGeo and other geological

societies and working groups

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CGS Library c– publications

atalog

CGS Library catalog– journals

Maincatalog

Cardcatalogue

Cardcatalogue

Geologicallegend

Czech geologicalbibliography

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Archival resources– reports

Materialdocumentation

DB of drill coresstored in the CGS

Mineralogical-geol. collections

Collections ofthin sections

Paleontologicalcollections

"Map coverage" according tomap grid regions

Archival resources– photo-archive

DB

Digital maps

Geodatabase– maps of CRGEOCR 500

Geodatabase– maps of CR

GEOČR 50

Application also in English

Application also on CD-ROM

Map Server

Data access application

Metadata for database

Geological databases

Important geolo-gical localities

Documentary pointson geological maps

Coding table –lithostratigraphy

Lexicon –stratigraphy

Lexicon –regional geology Waste disposal

sites

Lithogeochemicalanalyses

Geochemistry ofsurficial waters

Geochronologyof rocks

GEOMONmonitoring

Geodatabase –radon risk

of CR 50maps

Geodatabase– maps of CR

GEOCR 25

Geochemistry ofsoils in Prague

Lithostratigra-phical units

Petrographical &mineral. analyses

Petrophysicaldatabase

Analyses of stabileizotopes (S, C, O)

Old environmen-tal loads´ assess.

Ore objects

Reconnaissancemineral resources

Inventory of mineralbuilding baterials

Revision of aban-doned mining sites

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Information Portal: The www

Information Portal, launched in 2001,

is an access place to geological data and

information rising within the CGS activities.

The Portal provides the following functions:

internal (corporate) information system

for authorized users

external www presentation

self-publishing of documents

document management system

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The introduction of the CGS Intranet

has significantly helped to increase general

awareness of the scope of CGS activities

among its employees. The Intranet provides

among others such services (database

applications) as economical agenda,

calendar of geological events,

over 40 database applications allowing

access to CGS data sources, metainformation

system of all CGS projects (abstracts, final

reports, etc.), library services, and E-mail

service, including the remote user access

to mail boxes. The users get information

depending on assigned users-privileges.

The Portal is kept up to date by utilizing

the possibility of self-publishing documents

by authorized users (content managers).

is an integral part of our activities. Besides

lecturing, publications and exhibitions

for the general public the Portal's World

of Geology promotes the geosciences

to the broader public.

The CGS has also begun using standard

marketing tools for spreading information

about its activities, geodata, products,

and services, and to build up its unified

corporate image.

The promotion of geosciences

An overview of the CGS

databases, metadata system

and Portal and Map Server

applications for access to

information stored in the

Central Data Warehouse

www.geology.cz

The World of Geology web

pages promote the geoscien-

ces to the broader public

An exhibition of geological

photographs in the foyer

of CGS building at Klárov

Geographical InformationSystems (GIS):

Geographic informationsystems in the CGS:

The majority

of geological data is spatially oriented;

the implementation of GIS technology

therefore plays an important role in

developing a complex geological information

infrastructure for the CGS. GIS technology

is applied into the two major fields:

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of corporate GIS (digital geological maps

and related data sources)

the use of GIS within research projects

GIS in the CGS is focused on the methods

of spatial data processing, unification and

disseminati

nt the uniform geological data model

(geodatabase), as well as providing the public

and the scientific community with easy access

to geodata through the www GIS applications.

Digital geological data are currently available

in the CGS at three different scales:

Full coverage of the area of the Czech

Republic (CR) – 1:500,000 (GEOCR500),

1:50,000 (GEOCR50)

Limited coverage of the area of the CR

(48 map sheets) – 1:25,000 (GEOCR25)

– this geodatabase represents

a unique collection of 12 thematic layers

(including topographical, satellite, geological,

hydrogeological, metallogenic, radiometric,

radon risk, etc.). This data resolution is

suitable for government authorities and other

specialists requiring general geological data.

– represents a unique

geographical information system, containing

over 260,000 mapped geological objects

from the entire Czech Republic. The essential

part of this geodatabase is a unified national

geological index (legend), that consists

of four main types of information:

chronostratigraphical units, regional units,

lithological description of rocks, and

lithostratigraphical units.

on. The digital processing

of geological and applied maps, and

the development of GIS follows standardized

procedures utilizing common geological

dictionaries and graphic elements.

The main recent objective in accordance

with the latest trend in GIS is to create and

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GEOCR50

Since 1998 the geodatabase has been under

revision leading to the creation of a digital

'seamless' geological map of the CR. This

geodatabase has been widely used by

government and local authorities, for instance,

to support land-use planning purposes.

– under development since 1999,

presently 48 map sheets are covered. This is

a GIS project integrating extensive data

sources related to geological mapping.

Its core is comprised of dat

GEOCR25

abases

of documentary points and unified geological

legends. This geodatabase represents

the fundamental information source

of the geology in the CR.

Research project support

Map Server:

: Modern

information technologies are routinely used

within the CGS to solve geological problems

using such GIS methods as 3D modeling,

data querying, and spatial analyses.

Specialists from the Department

of Information Systems are either fully

responsible or provide consultant services for

the digital processing and publishing of CGS

research projects. Furthermore, the latest

available technological advances allow

geologists to utilize the output of advanced

methods, like remote sensing, while

geological mapping.

The www Map Server,

launched in 2003, is integrated into the CGS

Portal and provides such services as:

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coverage applications

www GIS – GIS applications of digital

geological maps and related DB

distributed GIS – sharing of map services

Geologists and GIS

specialists discussing

over the digitazed maps

of Nicaragua

The 3D model of the

Luwumbu River area in the

NE Zambia, view from SW

A vector geological map in the GEOCR50

application of the Map Server

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the Dept. of

Information

Systems for

the digital map

production

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scale

the on-line and CD-ROM

application

The digital geological map

of the Kolín District,

at the scale of 1:50,000

The Map Server allows easy access to spatial

data for end-users. These modern

technologies bring a significant contribution

not only to the geodata dissemination but also

to the promotion of own GIS functionality

to geologists.

Presently there are four www map server

applications on the CGS Portal:

"Map coverage I" – utilizing map grid

systems to search data

"Map coverage II" – utilizing administrative

units & user defined areas (spatial

querying)

"GEOCR50" – based on the vector

GEOCR50 geodatabase, allowing efficient

data querying and different data formats

(raster and vector) and themes combining

(geological mapping and applied geology

databases)

"GEOCR25” – a prototype of the

knowledge based www GIS application

enabling access to relevant information

required for geological mapping at

1:25,000 scale (for internal use only).

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Digital map production:

Technical support:

The map

production using digital methods commenced

in the CGS in the mid-1990s. Following the

introduction of GIS methods to the CGS map

publishing, a Digital Map Production System

was created. This system has been applied to

the publishing of new editions of the 1:25,000

geological maps, as well as to others such as

the 1:50,000 radon maps and geological

maps of Nicaragua and Zambia.

High quality

technical support is the backbone

of a modern and fully-functional geological

survey. Consequently, CGS has a separate

The geological

map of the crystalline

complexes of the Giant Mts.

and Jizera Mts. produced

by the methods of the digital

cartography

1:100,000

An example of a query result

from the Lithogeochemical

database

unit of IT specialists who provide

a full technical support. Their daily routine

involves such activities as:

central gathering, maintaining, and

auditing the CGS hardware and software

E-mail administration

network administration and security

management

In the interest of increasing system security

and allowing data sharing among the service

organizations administrated by the Ministry

of the Environment, a massive improvement

was made in the network architecture during

2002, and our organization became a mem-

ber of the Local Area Network of the Ministry.

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management and dissemination

of geoscience information is among

the crucial challenges of a modern geological

survey. Therefore, the geoinformatics

will remain one of the CGS' high priority

disciplines in the future.

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"Map Coverage I" application

of the CGS Map Server

An example of a query report

in the "Map Coverage II"

application of the CGS Map

Server

A selected map sheet in the

"Map coverage I" application

of the CGS Map Server

The database of important

geological localities in the

GEOCR25 application

The 3D model of the Nicaraguan

covered by the CGS

multidisciplinary study within the O.E.C.D.

Development Assisstance & Cooperation

Program of the Czech Republic

belt area

around the El Hoyo volcanic complex

and the Telica volcano

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The CGS Geological Library:

CGS Archive:

The Library of the Czech Geological Survey

was established in 1924 as a National

Geosciences Information Service. During

the past ten years the Library has been

transformed into a modern Internet library

providing public information services

free on-line

access to the library databases. Published

documents from the Library's deposit funds

are made available for study. The Library

has gathered and preserved a repository

of all publications released by the CGS since

1919. It likewise preserves archive copies

of Czech literary publications. The archive

is complemented by a the backlog

of publications up to 1900. It gathers

publications of Czech authors, and geological

literature related to the Czech Republic.

International geoscientific

literature in the most widely-used languages

is acquired by purchase and by a large-scale

international exchange. Containing over

represent the largest collection

of geoscience-related books in the CR.

The deposit fund has provided data for

the

the Library has produced

since 1928. On-line computer catalogues

(since 1990) enable an expanded and

combined search of all bibliographic data.

to

the general public as well as to the worldwide

geologic community, including a

170,000 books and 75,000 journals, the funds

of the Library

Geological Bibliography of the Czech

Republic, which

Acquisitions:

Geological bibliography services:

The Archive preserves

the results of scientific activity, especially

mapping activity of the Czech Geological

Survey. At present, the Archive owns about

A sheet of the geological map of the Bohemian

Kingdom completed under the editorship

of W. von Haidinger (1863)

33,500 printed maps of geoscience interest,

from the Czech Republic and 118 other

countries, accompanied by explanatory notes.

The Archives also possess over 24,100

unprinted maps (manuscripts, fair copies),

their manuscript supplements (legends,

geological sections, stratigraphic columns),

and about 13,200 unpublished reports.

The chief objective

of this project, financed by the Ministry

of the Environment of the CR for the period

2000–2004, is the safe, long-term

preservation of valuable map documentation,

Digital Map ProjectArchive of the Czech

Geological Survey:

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Library at the CGS´s

headquarters in Prague

Geological Bibliography of

the Czech Republic from the

years 1928–1929, and 1999

The digitizing of maps and related documents

in the CGS Archive in Prague (Klárov)

The CGS Library on-line card

catalogue

Over 80 Years of Support to Geological Community |On-line Services | Digitazing of Maps in the CGSArchive | Paleontological Collections | Virtual Museum

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and easy access to information stored

in the CGS Archive for both the scientific and

lay community. The undertaking of this task

includes four principal steps:

One of such front-end applications, the DVD-

ROM Interactive 1:25,000 geological maps

of the Czech Republic, has been completed.

The DVD-ROM contains a unique collection

of 940 printed and/or manuscript geological

maps owned by the CGS Archive and

supplemented by explanatory notes and/or

other supplements.

Another project concerns historical geological

maps of the Czech Republic territory

produced before 1918, and aims to compile

an interactive CD-ROM with 258 historical

maps from the years 1778–1918.

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Digitization of maps and accompanying

documents stored in the CGS Archive

and partly in the CGS – Geofond

Complete revision of logical data model

structures and the enlargement

of the Archive's metadata system

Integration of digitized data into a unified

information systems of the CGS

and of the Ministry of the Environment

of the CR

Production of a front-end www database

applications for an easy access to the

Archive's data sources (Intranet/Extranet)

The Collections and MaterialDocumentation Centre: The Col-

lections of the Czech Geological Survey store

geologic materials acquired by the staff

members of the CGS or of other

organizations. The stored funds are held,

registered and made accessible to scientists

for study.

The CGS collection funds contain about

300,000 samples pertaining to organic and

The study room of the CGS

Archive in Prague (Klárov)

Newly re-furnished deposi-

tory of the CGS Collections

The Virtual Museum launched

on the CGS Portal enables

the public to visit the best

of CGS collection specimens

on-line

The study room of the CGS

Collections, Prague (Klárov)

Cephalopod limestone, Silur-

ian, Ludlow, Kopanina FM

New repository of the mate-

rial documentation, Library &

Archive in Lužná at Rakovník

Geognostische Charte von

Böhmen by Franz Riepl (1819)

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inorganic nature during the geological history

of the Earth. The paleontological collections

are especially beautiful and are among

the most extensive in the CR, with more than

10,000 type and original samples that have

great importance for the paleontological

systematics on the worldwide scale.

Mineralogical & geological collections

document the regional geology of the CR.

Access to the collections is possible

for both domestic and foreign researchers.

For popularization and educational purposes,

the of the CGS has been

launched in 2003. The on-line application

enables free access to photographs

of the most important paleontological,

mineralogical, and rock samples and

collections databases at www.geology.cz.

An exhibit focused on the geological history

of the CR is installed in the CGS

Headquarters in Prague (Klárov).

Collection Administration administers

paleontological collections, regional

geological and mineralogical collections,

drillcore samples, map sheet-related samples

and a large thin-section database

in the repositories in Prague, Lužná, Brno,

and Jeseník.

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1872), Šárka

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The CGS Central Laboratory has

a long standing experience in the inorganic

analysis of rocks, soils, sediments, mineral

raw materials and surface and rain water. The

Accredited Laboratory at Prague-Barrandov is

divided into sections for homogenization,

classic chemistry, AAS and ICP spectrometry,

X-ray spectrometry, and of water analysis. Our

laboratory equipment enables determination

of most of the chemical elements.

Solid Samples.

Waters.

The following facilities are

employed for sample preparation and

performing chemical analyses:

Retch jaw crushers BB1, BB2 and BB3;

Retch hammer mill SK-1; Siebtechnikv

ibrating mill TS 100A,

Perkin-Elmer flame AA spectrometers

3100, AAnalyst 100 and 503 with hydride

generation unit

Iris Advantage Thermo Jarell Ash emission

spectrometer with inductively coupled

plasma

Perkin-Elmer Hitachi 200 and Lambda 10

spectrophotometers

mercury analyser AMA 254

C and S analyser of Eltra CS 500 type

modern unit for preparing deionized water

CO analyser (Strohlein)

RL wave dispersed X-ray spectrometer

9400 Advant XP

automatic volumetric apparatuses

pX-meter (Radiometer).

Platinum metals are determined in

cooperation with the Department

of Geochemistry at Charles University.

The Laboratory offers the

determination of most chemical elements

occuring in waters.

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pH meter (Radiometer)

AMA 254p X meter, conductometer,

mercury analyser

Perkin-Elmer Hitachi 200 and Lambda 10

absorption photometers

Shimadzu liquid chromatograph with UV

detection

Perkin-Elmer 3100 and AAnalyst 100 flame

AA spectrometers

Perkin-Elmer 4000 and 4100AA

spectrometer with electrothermic

atomization

IRIS Advantage, Thermo Jarell Ashe

mission spectrometer with inductively

coupled plasma.

ROCK EVAL controlled pyrolysis (5)

detectors

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in Brno

maintains very high standards in the analysis

of gases, crude oils and organic matter in

rocks, and waters and soils for the purpose

of environmental geochemistry. The

Laboratory provides analyses by the methods:

elementary analyses (ELTRA METALYT CS

1000 S)

capillary gas chromatography with FID and

ECD (gas chromatograph GC

5890, HP 6890) for the determination of

organochlorine pesticides, PCB, n-alkans

& isoalkans and polyaromatic hydrocarbons

capillary gas chromatography (HP 5890)

for setting up light hydrocarbons; argon,

nitrogen & helium in gases,

and for the complete analyses of crude oil

capillary gas chromatography / mass

selective detection (Argilent GC 6890)

for determination of biomarkers

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LaboratoryServices& ResearchThe Perkin-Elmer AAnalyst

100 flame AA spectrometer

analyses cations in waters

and solid samples

The IRIS Advantage,Thermo

Jarell Ash mission

spec-trometer determines

REE, Ba & Sr concentrations

in solid samples & cations in

ICP e

Trace elements in solid

materials are measured by

the wave dispersed X-ray

spec 9400 Advant XP (ARL)

The Perkin-Elmer 4100 AA

spectrometer is used for

measuring trace elements in

waters

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liquid chromatograph

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high pressure liquid chromatography (HP

1100 with fluorescent detector) used for the

determination of polycyclic aromatic hydro-

carbons

infrared spectroscopy (IS Perkin Elmer, type

783) for the clasic determination of total and

nonpolar extractable compounds

reflex and fluorescent microscopy.

the high-speed extraction of organic com-

pounds from solid samples. Analytical results

in form of maps, tables, and graphs can be

used by our customers for assessing the type

and intensity of organic contamination (inclu-

ding PCB).

The research

activities of this Department encompass a

wide spectrum within the earth sciences, from

mineralogy and petrochemistry, to

geochemistry of the atmosphere, hydrosphere

and pedosphere, and even interdisciplinary

environmental sciences such as

biogeochemistry, medical geology, plant and

soil ecology, and global change.

. This Laboratory,

equipped with a Philips X'pert System

powder diffractometer, has participated

i geochemical, and

environmental projects. Our work has

included qualitative and quantitative phase

analysis, crystal structure refinement,

description of new natural phases,

secondary uranium minerals, and the study

of extraterrestrial minerals.

Our DIONEX 3 and 4 instruments are used for

n mineralogical,

Laboratory of Mineralogy and Special

Methods

X-ray Diffraction Facility

Mineral Separations Facility

Thin Sections Facility

Optical Microscope Facility

Fluid Inclusions Facility

Laboratories of theDepartment:

Geochem-istry

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Laboratory of X-ray Microanalysis and

Experimental Petrology

X-ray Microanalysis Facility (LAREM)

The Laboratory of Experimental

Petrology

The Micropaleontological Facility

The Laboratory of Stable Isotopes

.

LAREM is equipped with two independent

analytical systems: a energy-

dispersion (ED) system

, and a wave-dispersive

system. The Laboratory has performed over

100,000 quantitative chemical analyses and

has participated in numerous state commis-

sioned projects as well as domestic and

international grant projects.

studies phase relationships

and synthesizes mineral phases.

prepa-

res microfossils for examination under our

scan. electron microscope.

is equip-

ped with two mass spectrometers, a Finnigan

MAT 251 and a Geo 20-20. Routinely

available analyses include: the determination

of C and O in carbonates; H and O

in waters, C in solid, liquid and gaseous

organic materials; N in organic materials and

solu-tions; O in sulfates; and S in sulfides

and sulfates. The laboratory has participated

in several international calibration exercises

(sulfur and carbon standards) and has collab-

orated in geological, paleoenvironmental,

biogeochemical & hydrogeological projects.

LINK ISIS 300

with an ultra-thin

window Microspec

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The Laboratory of Radiogenic Isotopes

studies the distribution of radiogenic isotopes,

principally of Sr and Nd, in natural environ-

ments. The Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, and U-Pb isotopic

systems are employed in petrogenetic studies

& for the dating of rock complexes. The prior

chemical separations are carried out by ion-

exchange techniques in the Ultra Clean Lab.

LARIZ is equipped with a

thermal ionization mass spectrometer (TIMS).

Finnigan MAT 262

The Radiogenic Isotope Lab

is equipped with a Finnigan

MAT 262 mass spectrometer

Gas chromatographs: GC

5890 (right), equipped with

FIC & ECD detectors, & Agi-

lent 6890 with mass detector

The X-ray Microanalysis

Laboratory (LAREM) has per-

formed over 100,000 quanti-

tative chemical analyses

The electron

microprobe is equipped with 5 WD crystal

spectrometers and 1 ED system

at the joint microprobe laboratory

of Masaryk University, Brno and the

Czech Geological Survey.This system

allows the detection and quantification

of elements from B to U, acquisition

of SE and BSE imagis, and the collection

of X-ray distribution maps.

CAMECA SX-100

The 6890 N gas chromato-

graph, with autosampler,

enables the quick determina-

tion of volatile compounds

in water and solid samples

The ass

spectrometer in the Stable

Isotope Laboratory

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Foreign development aid:

Bilateral cooperation:

Within

the Czech Official Development Assistance

Program the Czech Geological Survey has

carried out projects in Nicaragua (since 1997);

Zambia, Namibia, Burkina Faso, and the

postgraduate course GEOCHIM (since 2001);

Mongolia, Salvador, and Peru (since 2003).

The main aims of the projects are as follows:

geological mapping, evaluation and risk

assessment of geodynamic processes

(seismicity, volcanic activity, landslides,

and floods) in Central and South America

research on mineral resources, including

assessing the economic potencial of

selected areas in Africa (Zambia, Namibia,

Burkina Faso)

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environment (Zambia, Mongolia).

CGS

participates in bi- and multilateral research

projects, including the compiling and

publishing of maps. CGS amplifies its broad,

long-term activities with the Geological

Surveys of Poland, Slovak Republic, Austria,

Germany, France, UK, USA, Chile, Nicaragua,

and Zambia.

International scientific projects:CGS geologists, geochemists, and other

specialists have received several important

scholarships for participating in research

abroad. Many have also conducted research

within international projects financed by

foreign grant agencies, such as:�

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the RECOVER 2010 grant from the EU, for

assessing the impact of current and future

anthropogenic pressure on sensitive

European freshwater ecosystems

the joint project on "The Dynamics of the

Biogeochemistry of Beryllium"

InternationalActivities& Cooperation

San Cristóbal v , Nicaragua, 1999olcano

CGS expedition to the

mine, ZambiaKamakanga

Shortly after the eruption

of the Masaya volcano,

Nicaragua, 2001

CGS geologists participated

in a joint excursion with

Mongolian & Czech geolo-

gists, 2000, Edrengyin Nuruu

The sampling of black shales

for potential use as fuel or for

the extraction of graphite, the

Gan locality, Burkina Faso

Detailed geological

documentation of quartz

bodies at the Choaberib area,

Rehoboth District, Namibia

research projects& cooperation

development aidJames Ross Isl.Antarctica

Burkina Faso Namibia Zambia

Mongolia

Poland, SlovakiaUSA SwedenGermany, Italy, Austria UK, France

China

Australia

El Salvador

Nicaragua

Peru

Chile

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The investigation of fluvial

sediments as part of the

IGCP 449, Agadir, Morocco

Intergrowths of quartz and

strongly perthitic K-feldspar,

Zamin Belgekch Bulag

, Gobi Tian

Shan, Mongolia

Massif

Destructive block flow

on the slopes of the

hurricane

Mitch, 1998

Casita

volcano caused by

A landslide damaged this

church in village San Simón

de Palsila near Matagalpa,

Nicaragua, 2002

The mining of L. Cambrian

Mo-Ni sulfide black shales

in the Jiepo-Ling prospect

(South China) has contam-

inated agricultural soils

The participants of the GEOCHIM 2002 during

an excursion to the brown coal mineMerkur

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the International Cooperative Program on

Assessment and Monitoring of Acidifi-

cation of Rivers and Lakes (ICP Waters)

work on the Geochemical Atlas of Europe

(FOREGS)

participation in the DACH International

Group (concerning Rn problems in the

EU); in the RAPHAILE project proposal;

and in co-founding the "Centrum

Radonowe" in Poland

the TEM experimental study of the

behaviour of experimentally shock-loaded

dolomite (V-X/2002 NATO-CNR), and a

TEM & EELS spectroscopic study of

shock-loaded quartz

NATO Linkage Grant DISRM.LG 931421,

dealing with Cs immobilization in micas

the project for researching and describing

new minerals, conducted by CGS in co-

operation with the Universities of Siena,

Italy, and Adelaide, Australia

the projects "The Changing Role of

Organic Acids in Surface Water

Acidification" and "Prediction Episodic

Acidification in the Future" at the Swedish

University of Agricultural Sciences

participation in the Swedish MISTRA

project, entitled "New Concepts and

Methods For Effect-based Strategies on

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the EU CANIF project, concerning carbon

and nitrogen cycling in forest ecosystems.

the EU FORCAST project, concerning

forest carbonnitrogen trajectories,

for studying the differences in the soil

chemistry and isotopic profiles of organic

carbon and nitrogen

the EU project LIMPIT (Lead isotopes

and heavy metal pollution), which

is an integrated study of the threat

to groundwater resources

Additionally, CGS researchers are active

in the following :

IGCP 373 – Correlation, anatomy, and

magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of ore-

bearing felsic igneous systems in Eurasia

IGCP 408 – Rocks and minerals at great

depth and on the surface

IGCP 421 – North Gondwanan

Mid-Paleozoic bioevent/biogeography

IGCP 429 – Organics in major

environmental issues (headed by CGS)

IGCP 449 – Global correlation of Late

Cenozoic fluvial sequences

IGCP 463 – Upper Cretaceous Oceanic

Red Beds: Response to Ocean/Climate

Global Change

IGCP Projects

CGS is a member of EuroGeoSurveys,

FOREGS, CGMW, & GIC. Its employees are

active in many other international societies,

associations, editorial boards, & WGs (IUGS

/IAGS, GAGE, AEGS, ProGeo, IAGOD, SGA,

EAGE, INQUA, DIMAS, KBGA, CEI, V4).

Each year, CGS organizes

a certificated postgraduate UNESCO course,

aimed at providing knowledge about

the widely used geochemical methods

for ore deposit prospecting and the solution

of environmental problems.

International memberships:

GEOCHIM:Veronika Štědrá, CGS, the

winner of the womans profes-

sional category of the World

Goldpanning Championship

held at Vigevano, Italy, 1997

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ScientificArticles

Adamová M. Opletal M.

Barnet I. Procházka J.

Drábková J.

Hruška J. Krám P.

Ďurišová J.

Novák M.

Skála R.Žák K.

Breiter K.

Breiter K. Frýda J.

Bubík M.

Bubík M. Švábenická L.

, , 2001. New Geologi-cal mapping in the Czech part of the LusatianMassif and its tectonic and geochemicalimplications. ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR GEOLOGI-SCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN 29: (5/6) 445-453.

, , Skalský L., 1997. Dothe earth tides have an influence on short-termvariations in radon concentration? RADIATIONPROTECTION DOSIMETRY 69: (1) 51-60.

Bek J., Opluštil S., , 2001. Twospecies of Selaginella cones and their sporesfrom the Bohemian Carboniferous continentalbasins of the Czech Republic. REVIEWOF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY 114:(1-2) 57-81.

Bishop K., Laudon H., , ,Köhler S., Lofgren S., 2001. Does acidificationpolicy follow research in northern Sweden? Thecase of natural acidity during the 1990's.WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION 130: (1-4)1415-1420.

Boiron M.C., Barakat A., Cathelineau M., BanksD.A., , Morávek P., 2001. Geometryand P-V-T-X conditions of microfissural ore fluidmigration: the Mokrsko gold deposit (Bohemia).CHEMICAL GEOLOGY 173: (1-3) 207-225.

Bottrell S.H., , 1997. Sulphur isotopicstudy of two pristine Sphagnum bogsin the western British Isles. JOURNALOF ECOLOGY 85: (2) 125-132.

Bouška V., Císařová I., , Dvořák Z.,Zelinka J., , 1998. Hartite from Bilina.AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 83: (11-12)1340-1346.

, Forster H.J., Seltmann R., 1999.Variscan silicic magmatism and related tin-tungsten mineralization in the Erzgebirge-Slavkovský les metallogenic province.MINERALIUM DEPOSITA 34: (5-6) 505-521.

, , Seltmann R., Thomas R.,1997. Mineralogical evidence for two magmaticstages in the evolution of an extremelyfractionated P-rich rare-metal granite:The Podlesi stock, Krušné Hory, CzechRepublic. JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY 38: (12)1723-1739.

, 1999. Results of taxonomic researchon Cretaceous-Paleogene flysch-typeagglutinated foraminifera. GEOLOGICACARPATHICA 50: 17-19 Sp. Iss.

, Bak M., , 1999. Bio-stratigraphy of the Maastrichtian to Paleocenedistal flysch sediments of the Raca Unit in theUzgrun section (Magura group of Nappes,Czech Republic). GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA50: (1) 33-48.

Buzek F. Pačes T.

Buzek F.

Skála R.

Skála R.

Kříbek B.

Skácelová Z.

Skála R. Ondruš P. Drábek M.

Drábek M.

Drábek M. FrýdaJ.

Nývlt D.

Veselý J.

Knobloch E.

, Černý J., , 1998. Thebehavior of nitrogen isotopes in acidified forestsoils in the Czech Republic. WATER AIR ANDSOIL POLLUTION 105: (1-2) 155-164.

, Michalíček M., 1997. Origin offormation waters of S-E parts of the BohemianMassif and the Vienna Basin. APPLIEDGEOCHEMISTRY 12: (3) 333-343.

Čejka J., Čejka J., , Sejkora J., MuckA., 1998. New data on curite from Shinkolobwe,Zaire. NEUES JAHRBUCH FÜRMINERALOGIE MONATSHEFTE (9) 385-402.

Čejka J., Sejkora J., , Čejka J.,Novotná M., Ederová J., 1998. Contribution tothe crystal chemistry of synthetic becquerelite,billietite and protasite. NEUES JAHRBUCHFÜR MINERALOGIE ABH. 174: (2) 159-180.

Čejka J., Sobalík Z., , 1997. Labora-tory oxidation of fossil organic matter studied byin situ infrared spectroscopy, rock-eval pyrolysisand pyrolysis-gas chromatography mass spec-trometry. COLLECTION OF CZECHOSLOVAKCHEM. COMMUNICATIONS 62: (2) 364-374.

Chlupáčová M., , Nehybka V.,2003. P-Wave anisotropy of rocks from theseismic area in Western Bohemia. JOURNALOF GEODYNAMICS 35: (1-2) 45-57.

Císařová I., , , ,2001. Trigonal Na-4[UO2(CO3)(3)]. ACTACRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION E STRUC-TURE REPORTS ONLINE 57: I32-I34 Part 5.

Comodi P., Zanazzi PF., Weiss Z., Rieder M.,, 1999. "Cs-tetra-ferri-annite": High-

pressure and high-temperature behavior of apotential nuclear waste disposal phase.AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 84: (3) 325-332.

, Rieder M., Viti C., Weiss Z.,, 1998. Hydrothermal synthesis of a Cs

ferruginous trioctahedral mica. CANADIANMINERALOGIST 36: 755-761.

Evans M.E., Rutter N.W., Catto N., ChlachulaJ., , 2003. Magnetoclimatology:Teleconnection between the Siberian loessrecord and North Atlantic Heinrich events.GEOLOGY 31 (6): 537-540.

Evans C.D., Cullen J.M., Alewell C., Kopáček J.,Marchetto A., Moldan F., Prechtel A., RogoraM., , Wright R., 2001. Recovery fromacidification in European surface waters.HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEMSCIENCES 5: (3) 283-297 Sp. Iss.

Ferguson D.K., , 1998. A freshlook at the rich assemblage from the Pliocenesink-hole of Willershausen, Germany. REV.PALAEOBOT. PALYNOL. 101: (1-4) 271-286.

Finger F., Tichomirowa M., Pin C., ,2000. Relics of an early-Panafrican metabasite-metarhyolite formation in the Brno Massif,Moravia, Czech Republic. INTERNATIONALJOUR. OF EARTH SCIENCES 89: (2) 328-335.

Fišák J., Tesař M., Řezáčová D., Eliáš V., Weig-nerová V., , 2002. Pollutant concen-trations in fog and low cloud water at selectedsites of the Czech Republic. ATMOSPHERICRESEARCH 64: (1-4) 75-87.

, Skořepová I., 1998. Changes inmass element fluxes and their importance forcritical loads: GEOMON network, CzechRepublic. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION105: (1-2) 365-376.

, ,, 1999. Diagenetic trends in the Carpathian

Foredeep, Moravia. GEOLOGICACARPATHICA 50: 23-23 Sp. Iss.

, , Kalvoda J., 1999. Illitecrystallinity and vitrinite reflectance in Paleozoicsiliciclastics in the SE Bohemian Massif asevidence of thermal history. GEOLOGICACARPATHICA 50: (5) 365-372.

, , Milička J., Pereszlenyi M.,, 1999. Late phase of the Carpathian

thrusting in respect to fluid migration. GEOLO-GICA CARPATHICA 50: 149-150 Sp. Iss.

, 1997. Oldest representatives of thesuperfamily Cirroidea (Vetigastropoda) withnotes on early phylogeny. JOURNALOF PALEONTOLOGY 71: (5) 839-847.

, Blodgett R.B., 1998. Two newcirroidean genera (Vetigastropoda,Archaeogastropoda) from the Emsian (lateEarly Devonian) of Alaska with notes on theearly phylogeny of cirroidea. JOURNALOF PALEONTOLOGY 72: (2) 265-273.

, Hladil J., , 2002. Seawaterstrontium isotope curve at the Silurian/Devonianboundary: a study of the global Silurian/Devonian boundary stratotype. GEOBIOS 35:(1) 21-28.

, Rohr D.M., Robardet M., Gutierrez-Marco J.C., 2001. A new Late Ordovicianmicrodomatid gastropod genus from Seville,SW Spain, with a revision of Ordovician Micro-domatoidea. ALCHERINGA 25: (1-2) 117-127.

Grew E.S., Pertsev N.N., , Yates M.G.,Shearer C.K., Wiedenbeck M., 1998. Korneru-pine parageneses in whiteschists and othermagnesian rocks: is kornerupine plus talca high-pressure assemblage equivalent to tour-maline plus orthoamphibole?CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY ANDPETROLOGY 131: (1) 22-38.

Hanžl P.

Fottová D.

Fottová D.

Franců E. Franců J. Boháček Z., PálenskýP.

Franců E. Franců J.

Franců J. Krejčí O.Stráník Z.

Frýda J.

Frýda J.

Frýda J. Vokurka K.

Frýda J.

Vrána S.

CGS authors marked by bold letters.

A selection of scientific papers published in interna-tional geoscientific journals from 1997 to early 2003

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Groscheová H. Novák M.

Groscheová H. Novák M. Černý J.

Hanžl P. Krejčí O.,Buriánková K., Stráník Z.

Otava J.

Hladíková J. Kříbek B.

Hladíková J.

Hradecká L.

Hradecká L.

Hradecká L. Švábenická L.

Krejčí O. Otava J.

Hruška J. Krám P.

Hruška J.

Hruška J.

, , Alewell C., 2000.Changes in the S ratio of pore-water sulfatein incubated peat. WETLANDS 20:(1) 62-69.

, , Havel M., ,1998. Effect of altitude and tree species onof deposited sulfur (Jezeří catchment, CzechRepublic). WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION105: (1-2) 295-303.

, Schitter F., Finger F.,, 1999. Petrography,

geochemistry and age of granitic pebbles fromthe Moravian part of the Carpathian flysh.GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA 50: 101-103Sp. Iss.

Hartley A.J., , 2001. Sedimentprovenance and dispersal in a deep marineforeland basin: the Lower Carboniferous CulmBasin, Czech Republic. JOURNAL OF THEGEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 158: 137-150.

, Hladil J., , 1997.Carbon and oxygen isotope record acrossPridoli to Givetian stage boundaries in theBarrandian basin (Czech Republic).PALAEOGEOGRAPHY,PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY, PALAEOECOLOGY132: (1-4) 225-241.

Hladilová Š., Nehyba S., Doláková N.,, 1999. Comparison of some relics

of Miocene sediments on the eastern margin ofthe Bohemian Massif. GEOLOGICACARPATHICA 50: 31-33 Sp. Iss.

, 1999. Correlation of the UpperTuronian foraminiferal assemblage from theUpohlavy and Brezno sections (BohemianCretaceous basin) with some other localities(South Moravia, Germany and Lower Austria).GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA 50: (2) 145-150.

, 2002. Foraminifers as an indicatorof paleobathymetry in the Gosau Groupof Eastern Austria. GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA53: (3) 191-195.

, , 1999. BohemianCretaceous Basin – A presumed sea waybetween the North European basins andTethys, based on study of foraminifers andcalcareous nannofossils (Turonian–Coniacian).GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA 50: 35-36 Sp. Iss.

Hrouda F., , , 2000. Magneticfabric in folds of the easternmost Rheno-Hercynian Zone. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRYOF THE EARTH PART A – SOLID EARTH ANDGEODESY 25: (5) 505-510.

, Cudlin P., , 2001.Relationship between Norway spruce statusand soil water base cations/aluminum ratios inthe Czech Republic. WATER AIR AND SOILPOLLUTION 130: (1-4) 983-988.

, Johnson C.E., Krám P., Liao CY.,1997. Organic solutes and the recoveryof a bog stream from chronic acidification.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY 31: (12) 3677-3681.

, Köhler S., Bishop K., 1999.Buffering processes in a boreal dissolvedorganic carbon-rich stream during experimentalacidification. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION106: (1) 55-65.

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Hruška J.

Hruška J.

Hruška J. Krám P.

Žák K.

Janoušek V.

Janoušek V.

Linhartová M.

Knobloch E.

Knobloch E.

Veselý J.

Veselý J.

, Köhler S., Laudon H., Bishop K.,2003. Is a universal model of organic aciditypossible: Comparison of the acid/base proper-ties of dissolved organic carbon in the borealand temperate zones. ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 37: (9) 1726-1730.

, Laudon H., Johnson C.E., Köhler S.,Bishop K., 2001. Acid/base character of organicacids in a boreal stream during snowmelt.WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 37: (4)1043-1056.

, Moldan F., , 2002. Recoveryfrom acidification in central Europe - observedand predicted changes of soil and streamwaterchemistry in the Lysina. catchment, CzechRepublic. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 120:(2) 261-274.

Husain V., Khan H., Germann K., , 2002.Geochemical investigations of strataboundGunga barite deposits of Khuzdar(Balochistan), Pakistan. RESOURCEGEOLOGY 52: (1) 49-58.

, Bowes D.R., Braithwaite C.J.R.,Rogers G., 2000. Microstructural andmineralogical evidence for limited involvementof magma mixing in the petrogenesis of aHercynian high-K calc-alkaline intrusion: theKozarovice granodiorite, Central BohemianPluton, Czech Republic. TRANSACTIONS OFTHE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH-EARTH SCIENCES 91: 15-26.

, Bowes D.R., Rogers G., FarrowC.M., Jelínek E., 2000. Modelling diverseprocesses in the petrogenesis of a compositebatholith: the Central Bohemian Pluton, CentralEuropean Hercynides. JOURNAL OFPETROLOGY 41: (4) 511-543.

Kesner F., Dominak I., , 2000.Kidney stone analysis by Nicolet FTIRspectrometer. CHEMICAL PAPERS –CHEMICKE ZVESTI 54: (5) 320-323.

, Konzalová M., 1998. Comparisonof the Eocene plant assemblages of Bohemia(Czech Republic) and Saxony (Germany).REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY ANDPALYNOLOGY 101: (1-4) 29-41.

, Kvaček J., 1997. Bennettitaleanand coniferalean (?) leaves from theCretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Bohemianmassif, Central Europe. CRETACEOUSRESEARCH 18: (4) 567-586.

Kohler S., Hruška J., Jonsson J., Lovgren L.,Lofts S., 2002. Evaluation of differentapproaches to quantify strong organic acidityand acid-base buffering of organic-rich surfacewaters in Sweden. WATER RESEARCH 36:(18) 4487-4496.

Kopáček J., Hejzlar J., Stuchlík E., Fott J.,, 1998. Reversibility of acidification of

mountain lakes after reduction in nitrogen andsulphur emissions in Central Europe.LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 43: (2)357-361.

Kopáček J., , Stuchlík E., 2001.Sulphur and nitrogen fluxes and budgets in theBohemian Forest and Tatra Mountains duringthe Industrial Revolution (1850-2000).HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEMSCIENCES 5: (3) 391-405 Sp. Iss.

Košler J., Kelley SP., , 2001. Ar-40/Ar-39 hornblende dating of a microgranodioritedyke: implications for early Permian extension inthe Moldanubian Zone of the Bohemian Massif.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTHSCIENCES 90: (2) 379-385.

, Harley S.L., 1999. Formation andevolution of high-pressure leucogranulites:Experimental constraints and unresolvedissues. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THEEARTH PART A – SOLID EARTH ANDGEODESY 24: (3) 299-304.

, Harley S.L., Fišera M., 1997.A vestige of very high-pressure (ca. 28 kbar)metamorphism in the Variscan BohemianMassif, Czech Republic. EUROPEANJOURNAL OF MINERALOGY 9: (5) 1017-1033.

, , Driscoll C.T., 1998.Beryllium chemistry in the Lysina catchment,Czech Republic. WATER AIR AND SOILPOLLUTION 105: (1-2) 409-415.

, , Wenner B.S., Driscoll C.T.,Johnson C.E., 1997. The biogeochemistry ofbasic cations in two forest catchments withcontrasting lithology in the Czech Republic.BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 37: (2) 173-202.

, Laudon H., Bishop K., Rapp L.,, 2001. MAGIC modeling of long-term

lake water and soil chemistry at Abborrtrasket,northern Sweden. WATER AIR AND SOILPOLLUTION 130: (1-4) 1301-1306.

, Santore R.C., Driscoll C.T., Aber J.D.,, 1999. Application of the forest-soil-

water model (PnET-BGC/CHESS) to the Lysinacatchment, Czech Republic. ECOLOGICALMODELLING 120: (1) 9-30.

, , , ,, 1999. The provenance and structure

of the outer marginal part of the western sectorof the Magura Flysch Zone. GEOLOGICACARPATHICA 50: 41-42 Sp. Iss.

, Baroň I., Bil M., Hubatka F., JurováZ., Kirchner K., 2002. Slope movements in theFlysch Carpathians of Eastern Czech Republictriggered by extreme rainfalls in 1997: a casestudy. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THEEARTH 27: (36) 1567-1576.

, , Holeczy D., 2002.Anhydrite-bearing rocks from the Rozna district(Moldanubian Zone, Czech Republic): high-grade metamorphosed exhalites?MINERALIUM DEPOSITA 37: (5) 465-479.

, Strnad M., Boháček Z., Sýkorová I.,Čejka J., Sobalík Z., 1998. Geochemistry ofMiocene lacustrine sediments from the SokolovCoal Basin (Czech Republic). INTERNATIONALJOUR. OF COAL GEOLOGY 37: (3-4) 207-233.

, , Spangenberg J., Jehlička J.,Prokeš S., Komínek J., 1999. Bitumens in thelate Variscan hydrothermal vein-type uraniumdeposit of Příbram, Czech Republic: Sources,radiation-induced alteration, and relation tomineralization. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 94: (7)1093-1114.

Vrána S.

Kotková J.

Kotková J.

Krám P. Hruška J.

Krám P. Hruška J.

Krám P.Hruška J.

Krám P.Hruška J.

Krejčí O. Adamová M. Franců J. Hanžl P.Otava J.

Krejčí O.

Kříbek B. Hladíková J.

Kříbek B.

Kříbek B. Žák K.

Krám P., Bishop K., Moldan F. 2001. Modelinglong-term streamwater chemistry in the Bergcatchment, southwestern Sweden. NORDICHYDROLOGY 32: (3) 249-264.

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Kříž J.

Opletal M.

Veselý J.

Knobloch E.

Hladíková J.

Hruška J., Krám P.

Kotková J.

Hladíková J.

Pačes T.

Adamová M.

Novák M. Přechová E.

, 1998. Taxonomy, functional morphologyand autecology of the sinistrally twisted bivalveVlasta Barrande, 1881 from the LowerDevonian of Bohemia, Morocco and CentralAsia. GEOBIOS 31: (4) 455-465.

Kröner A., Jaeckel P., Hegner E., ,2001. Single zircon ages and whole rock Ndisotopic systematics of early Palaeozoicgranitoid gneisses from the Czech and PolishSudetes (Jizerské hory, Krkonoše Mountainsand Orlice-Sněžník Complex).INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTHSCIENCES 90: (2) 304-324.

Kučera J., Obrusník I., Fuksa J.K., ,Štastný K., Hajšlová J., Mader P., Miholová D.,Sysalová J., 1997. Environmental specimenbanking in the Czech Republic: A pilot study.CHEMOSPHERE 34: (9-10) 1975-1987.

Kvaček J., , 1997. Representativesof the genus Nilsonia Brongniart from theCenomanian of the Bohemian Massif (CzechRepublic, Central Europe). REVIEW OFPALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY:(1-2) 41-52.

Lesniak PM., Lacka B., , ZielinskiG., 1999. Origin of barite concretions in theWest Carpathian flysch, Poland. CHEMICALGEOLOGY 158: (1-2) 155-163.

Lorz C., , 2003. Modelingand monitoring of long tem acidification in anupland catchment of the Western OreMountains, SE-Germany. SCIENCEOF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 310: (1-3)153-161

Martínková M., Pros Z., Klíma K., LokajíčekT.,, 2000. Experimentally determined

P-wave velocity anisotropy for rocks related tothe Western Bohemia seismoactive region.STUDIA GEOPHYSICA ET GEODAETICA 44:(4) 581-589.

Michalík J., Reháková D., Lintnerová O.,Boorová D., Halásová E., Kotulová J., Soták J.,Peterčáková M., , Skupien P.,1999. Sedimentary, biological and isotopicrecord of early Aptian paleoclimatic event in thePieniny Klippen Belt, Slovak WesternCarpathians. GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA 50:(2) 169-191.

Möller P., , Dulski P., Morteani G.,2002. Anthropogenic Gd in surface water,drainage system, and the water supply of thecity of Prague, Czech Republic.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY 36: (11) 2387-2394.

Nehyba S., Roetzel R., , 1999.Tephrostratigraphy of Neogene volcaniclastics(Moravia, lower Austria, Poland). GEOLOGICACARPATHICA 50: 126-128 Sp. Iss.

, Bottrell S.H., , 2001.Sulfur isotope inventories of atmosphericdeposition, spruce forest floor and livingSphagnum along a NW-SE transect acrossEurope. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 53:(1) 23-50.

Kříž J., 2001. Enantiomorphous dimorphism inSilurian and Devonian bivalves; MaminkaBarrande, 1881 (Lunulacardiidae, Silurian) – theoldest known example. LETHAIA 34:(4) 309-322.

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Novák M. Buzek F. Adamová M.

Novák M. Buzek F. PřechováE. Jačková I. Fottová D.

Novák M.Pačes T.

Štěpánová M. Břízová E.

Novák M. Jačkova I. Přechová E.

Novák M. Groscheová H.Buzek F.

Ondruš P. Skála R. VeselovskýF. Frýda J.

Ondruš P. Skála R. Veselovský F.

Ondruš P. Skála R. Veselovský F.

Ondruš P. Vavřín I. Skála R. Veselovský F.

Pašava J.

Veselý J.

Pačes T.

, , , 1999.Vertical trends in delta C-13, delta N-15 anddelta S-34 ratios in bulk Sphagnum peat. SOILBIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 31: (9) 1343-1346.

, , Harrison A.F.,, , , 2003. Similarity

between C, N and S stable isotope profiles inEuropean spruce forest soils: implications forthe use of S as a tracer. APPLIEDGEOCHEMISTRY 18: (5) 765-779.

, Emmanuel S., Vile M.A., Erel Y.,Veron A., , Wieder R.K., Vaněček M.,

, , Hovorka J., 2003.Origin of lead in eight central European peatbogs determined from isotope ratios, strengths,and operation times of regional pollutionsources. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY 37: (3) 437-445.

, , , 2001.Temporal trends in the isotope signature of air-borne sulfur in Central Europe.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY 35: (2) 255-260.

, Kirchner J.W., ,Havel M., Černý J., Krejčí R., , 2000.Sulfur isotope dynamics in two CentralEuropean watersheds affected by highatmospheric deposition of SO . GEOCHIMICAET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 64: (3)367-383.

, , Cisařová I.,, , Čejka J., 2002. Description and

crystal structure of vajdakite,(Mo +O )As O .3H O – A new mineral fromJáchymov, Czech Republic. AMERICANMINERALOGIST 87: (7) 983-990.

, , , SejkoraJ., Vitti C., 2003. Čejkaite, the triclinicpolymorph of Na [(UO )(CO ) ] – a new mineralfrom Jáchymov, Czech Republic. AMERICANMINERALOGIST 88: (4) 686-693.

, , Viti C., ,Novák F., Jansa J., 1999. Parascorodite,FeAsO . 2H O – a new mineral from Kank nearKutná Hora, Czech Republic. AMERICANMINERALOGIST 84: (9) 1439-1444.

, , , ,2001. Low-temperature Ni-rich löllingite fromHáje, Příbram, Czech Republic. Rietveld crystalstructure refinement. NEUES JAHRBUCHFÜR MINERALOGIE MONATSHEFTE(4) 169-185.

Orberger B., , Gallien J.P., Daudin L.,Pinti D.L., 2003. Biogenic and abiogenichydrothermal sulfides: controls of rare metaldistribution in black shales (Yukon Territories,Canada). JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICALEXPLORATION 78-9: 559-563 Sp. Iss.

Pacáková V., Pockeviciute D., Armalis S.,Stulík K., Li J.H., , 2000. A studyof the distribution of lead, cadmium and copperbetween water and kaolin, bentonite and a riversediment. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTALMONITORING 2: (2) 187-191.

, 1998. Critical loads of trace metals insoils: A method of calculation. WATER AIR ANDSOIL POLLUTION 105: (1-2) 451-458.

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Pašava J. Kříbek B. Dobeš P. Vavřín I.Žák K.

Pašava J. Vavřín I. Frýda J. Janoušek V.

Stráník Z.

Dobeš P.Žák K.

Veselý J.

Skála R.

Novák M.

Ondruš P.

Frýda J.Ondruš P.

Breiter K.

Šimůnek Z.

Šimůnek Z

Skála R.

, , , ,, Fan D.L., Tao Z., Boiron M.C., 2003.

Tin-polymetallic sulfide deposits in the easternpart of the Dachang tin field (South China) andthe role of black shales in their origin.MINERALIUM DEPOSITA 38: (1) 39-66.

, , , ,Jelínek E., 2003. Geochemistry and mineralogyof platinum-group elements in the Ranskogabbro-peridotite massif, Bohemian Massif(Czech Republic). MINERALIUM DEPOSITA 38:(3) 298-311.

Pícha F.J., , 1999. Late Cretaceous toearly Miocene deposits of the Carpathianforeland basin in southern Moravia.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTHSCIENCES 88: (3) 475-495.

Pivec E., Ulrych J., Šrein V., Bendl J., ,, 1998. Epithermal Tertiary Pb-Zn-Cu

(Ag, Te) mineralization in the Roztoky VolcanicCentre, Ceske Stredohori Mts., Czech Republic.GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA 49: (2) 139-146.

Prechtel A., Alewell C., Armbruster M.,Bittersohl J., Cullen J.M., Evans C.D., HelliwellR., Kopáček J., Marchetto A., Matzer E.,Meesenburg H., Moldan F., Moritz K., ,Wright R.F., 2001. Response of sulphurdynamics in European catchments todecreasing sulphate deposition. HYDROLOGYAND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES 5: (3) 311-325 Sp. Iss.

Řídkošil T., , Johan Z., Šrein V., 2001.Telluronevskite, Bi3TeSe2, a new mineral.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MINERALOGY 13:(1) 177-185.

Schell W.R., Tobin M.J., , Wieder R.K.,Mitchell P.I., 1997. Deposition history of tracemetals and fallout radionuclides in wetlandecosystems using Pb-210 chronology. WATERAIR & SOIL POLLUTION 100: (3-4) 233-239.

Sejkora J., Čejka J., , 2000. New dataof rabejacite (Jáachymov, the Krušné hory Mts.,Czech Republic). NEUES JAHRBUCH FÜRMINERALOGIE MONATSHEFTE (7)289-301.

Sejkora J., Černý P., Čejka J., ,, 2000. K-poor meurigite from the

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Siebel W., , Wendt I., Hohndorf A.,Henjes-Kunst F., René M., 1999. Petrogenesisof contrasting granitoid plutons in westernBohemia (Czech Republic). MINERALOGYAND PETROLOGY 65: (3-4) 207-235.

, 2000: Cuticles of Cordaites fromthe Westphalian, Stephanian and Autunianof the Bohemian Massif (Czech Republic)(A preliminary study). ACTAPALAEOBOTANICA, 40, 1, 25-34.

., Bek J., 2003: Noeggerathiaceaefrom the Carboniferous basins of the BohemianMassif. REV. PALAEOBOT. PALYNOL. 101.

, 2002. Chromian troilite from theVicenice octahedrite. METEORITICS &PLANETARY SCIENCE 37: (7) A132-A132Suppl.

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, Císařová I., 2000. Iron-nickelpartitioning over nonequivalent sites in thecrystal structure of schreibersite from theOdessa iron meteorite. METEORITICS &PLANETARY SCIENCE 35: A149-A150 Suppl.

, , 2002. Powder data forsynthetic analogue of a mineral nickelphosphi-de. POWDER DIFFRACTION 17: (4) 322-325.

, Rohovec J., 1998. Magic-angle-spinning nuclear magnetic resonancespectroscopy of shocked limestones from theSteinheim crater. METEORITICS & PLANE-TARY SCIENCE 33: (4) A146-A147 Suppl.

, Rohovec J., 1998. Possibly back-reacted carbonates from impact craters:Evidence through magic-angle-spinning nuclearmagnetic resonance spectroscopy.METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE 33:(4) A147-A147 Suppl.

Sobalík Z., Čejka J, , 1998. Conti-nuous monitoring of the oxidation of algal- andhumic-type kerogen in a heated FTIR flow cell.ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY 28: (11) 767-772.

Špaček P., Kalvoda J., , Melichar R.,2001. Variation of deformation mechanismswithin the progressive-retrogressivemylonitization cycle of limestones: Brunovistu-lian sedimentary cover (the Variscan orogenyof the Southeastern Bohemian Massif).GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA 52: (5) 263-275.

Stone M., , Rajpoot G.S., 1997.Composition of trioctahedral micas in theKarlovy Vary pluton, Czech Republic anda comparison with those in the Cornubianbatholith, SW England. MINERALOGICALMAGAZINE 61: (6) 791-807.

Suchá V., , Filip J., Stejskal M., ZemanA., 2002. Conditions for veining in theBarrandian Basin (Lower Palaeozoic),Czech Republic: evidence from fluid inclusionand apatite fission track analysis.TECTONOPHYSICS 348: (1-3) 25-50.

Suchý V., Heijlen W., Sýkorová I., Muchez P.,, , Safanda J.,

Zeman A., 2000. Geochemical study of calciteveins in the Silurian and Devonian of theBarrandian Basin (Czech Republic): evidencefor widespread post-Variscan fluid flow in thecentral part of the Bohemian Massif.SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY 131: (3-4) 201-219.

, 1999. Braarudosphaera-richsediments in the Turonian of the BohemianCretaceous Basin, Czech Republic.CRETACEOUS RESEARCH 20: (6) 773-782.

, 1999. Penetration of high-latitude nannoflora to the depositional areaof the Outer Western Carpathians in theTuronian-Maastrichtian. GEOLOGICACARPATHICA 50: 77-79 Sp. Iss.

, 2001. Late Campanian/LateMaastrichtian penetration of high-latitudecalcareous nannoflora to the Outer WesternCarpathian depositional area. GEOLOGICACARPATHICA 52: (1) 23-40.

, 2002. Calcareous nannofossilsof the Upper Karpatian and Lower Badeniandeposits in the Carpathian Foredeep, Moravia.GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA. 53: (3) 197-210.

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, , ,, 1997. Stratigraphy of Cretaceous sediments

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, , 1999. Biostrati-graphical correlation (foraminifers andnannofossils) of the Karpatian and LowerBadenian Sediments in the Alpine-Carpathianforedeep (Moravia and Lower Austria).GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA 50: 79-79Sp. Iss.

Torfs K.M., vanGrieken R.E., , 1997.Use of stable isotope measurements toevaluate the origin of sulfur in gypsum layers onlimestone buildings. ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 31: (9)2650-2655.

, 1997. The Quaternary/Tertiaryboundary in continental sediments of BohemianMassif. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 40:23-26.

, 2001. Upper Cenozoic fluvialhistory in the Bohemian Massif. QUATERNARYINTERNATIONAL 79: 37-53.

Uher P., , Klečka M., Pivec E., 1998.Zircon in highly evolved hercynian Homolkagranite, Moldanubian zone, Czech Republic:Indicator of magma source and petrogenesis.GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA 49: (3)151-160.

Uličný D., , Attrep M.J, ,, Svobodová M, 1997. Sea-level

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Ulrych J., Cajz V., Pivec E., Novák J.T.,Balogh K., 2000. Cenozoic

intraplate alkaline volcanism of WesternBohemia. STUDIA GEOPHYSICA ETGEODAETICA 44: (2) 346-351.

van Oorschot I.H.M., Dekkers M.J., ,2002. Selective dissolution of magnetic ironoxides with the acid-ammonium-oxalate/ferrous-iron extraction technique – II. Natural loess andpalaeosol samples. GEOPHYSICAL JOURNALINTERNATIONAL 149: (1) 106-117.

, , 1998. Michenerite PdBiTeand froodite PdBi from the Cu-Ni mineralizationin the Ransko massif, Czech Republic.MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY 63: (1-2)141-146.

, , Norton S.A., 1998. Trendsin water chemistry of acidified Bohemian lakesfrom 1984 to 1995: II. Trace elements andaluminum. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION108: (3-4) 425-443.

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, , Norton S.A., 2002.Heterogeneous response of central Europeanstreams to decreased acidic atmosphericdeposition. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION120: (2) 275-281.

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Wagreich M., , Egger H., 1999.Paleobiogeographic aspects of Late Cretaceouscalcareous nannofossil assemblages at atransect from the northern Tethys to theEuropean temperate Realm. GEOLOGICACARPATHICA 50: 83-84 Sp. Iss.

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Zodrow EL., Mastalerz M., Orem W.H.,, Bashforth A.R., 2000. Functional

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