Department of Geochemistry
Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the CAS

Services & Expertise International Cooperation Center of Texture Analysis
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Current Projects

 
  • Seagrass/seaweed meadows - overlooked Phanerozoic ecosystems: their contribution to shelf biodiversity and identification in the fossil record (2023 - 2026)
  • Recent Projects

     
  • Influence of postgenetic transformations of granites on their resistance to weathering processes in historic buildings (2021 - 2023)
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  • Radiolytic alteration of organic matter in uraniferous environment (2019 - 2021)
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  • Resistance to brittle damage: use of petrographic / rock mechanical data for the explanation of technological-mechanical performance and serviceability of crushed stone (2018 - 2020)
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  • Racionalization of handling with exhausted activated carbon based adsorption materials (2017 - 2020)
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  • Mobilization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Toxic Heavy Metals among Soil Fractions in El-Tabbin and Shoubra El-Kheima Areas (2016 - 2018)
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  • Analysis of dust particles and creation of a database of micro-markers (2016 - 2016)
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  • A model of mobilization and geochemical cycles of potentially hazardous elements and organic compounds in burned coal heaps (2015 - 2017)
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  • The system of active runoff pollutants capture as a solution for implementation of the standards ČSN 759010 and TNV 759011 (2015 - 2017)
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  • Experimental study of crack initiation and crack damage stress thresholds as critical parameters influencing the durability of natural porous stone (2013 - 2017)
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  • Biomarkers and petrographic parameters: relationship between them and limits of their explanatory power (2013 - 2015)
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  • Trace element distribution and mobility in highly differentiated granitic systems: Application to topaz-bearing granites. (2011 - 2012)
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  • Geochemistry and petrology of two-mica granites in the SW part of the Moldanubian (2010 - 2012)
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  • Lacustrine and Coal deposits of the Sokolov basin, Eger Graben, as an Archive of Miocene Continental Paleoenvironments, Paleoclimate and Tectonics (2009 - 2011)
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  • Origin of topaz-granite of the Krudum granite body (2009 - 2011)
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  • Sorbents based on oxidized coals and chitosan (2009 - 2011)
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  • The concept of micro- to mesoscale sandstone weathering morphofacies in the temperate zone (2008 - 2011)
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  • Quantification, sources and potential implications of black carbon in soils and sediments from the urban and coal mining areas in the Czech Republic (2008 - 2010)
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  • Theoretical study of behavior of selected carbonaceous materials at sorption of CO2 in dependence on temperature and pressure (2008 - 2010)
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  • Three-dimensinal fabric of pore space in sedimentary rocks: correlation to the physical and mechanical properties (2008 - 2010)
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  • Geochemistry and petrology of two-mica granites in the SW part of the South Bohemian Batholith (2008 - 2009)
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  • The contribution of the Czech Republic to the detection of the stage of the Earth Ozone layer and solar UV-radiation in Antartica, paleoclimatological and paleogeogr. reconstruction of the selected area of Antartica and related geological research (2007 - 2011)
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  • Complex approach to the study of silicified wood of the Permocarboniferous of the Intra Sudetic and the Krkonoše Piedmont Basins, Czech Republic (2007 - 2009)
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  • Fullerene behaviour in geological materials and enviroments (2007 - 2009)
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  • Evaluation and utilisation of lignite deposits of the Czech Republic (2006 - 2008)
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  • Physical and chemical properties of evolved rhyolitic melts: application to topaz-bearing granites (2006 - 2008)
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  • Global correlation of A-type granites and related rocks, their mineralization, and significance in lithospheric evolution. (2005 - 2010)
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  • Organic matter dispersed in rocks - objective characterization, relation to natural and anthropogenic processes (2005 - 2007)
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  • Progressive and efficient non-energetical applications of lignite (2005 - 2007)
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  • Soil cover of the protected areas of Prague as an indicator of environmental changes (2005 - 2007)
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  • Geochemistry and petrology of Moldanubian amphibolites (2005 - 2006)
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  • Peat Petrography (2004 - 2007)
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  • Formation and Role of Gel Fractions in the Corrosion Layer of Zirconium Cladding as the First-stage Protection of the Nuclear Power Plant Fuel (2004 - 2006)
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  • Theoretical and empirical relations between permeability and porosity (2004 - 2006)
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  • Stability of allanite at magmatic and hydrothermal conditions – application for mobilization of REE and actinides (2004 - 2005)
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  • Natural carbonaceous "adsorbents", fulvic acid and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - relationships, adsorption and molecular modelling (2003 - 2006)
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  • Sorbents of Toxic Metals Based on Immobilized Humic Acid (2003 - 2003)
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  • Natural and anthropogenic contamination and their evidence in geological history (2002 - 2008)
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  • Geochemistry of trace elements in coal and their impact on environment and human health. Comparative study between China and Czech Republic. (2002 - 2004)
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  • Classification, geochemistry and petrology of Moldanubian orthogneisses (2002 - 2003)
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  • Distribution of sulfur and trace elements in the bituminous coal and anthracite world average (2001 - 2004)
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  • Behaviour of gases and vapours in microporous phase of tissue systems of natural materials, adsorption and dissolution processes and their kinetitics (2001 - 2003)
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  • Classification and petrology of two-mica granites of the Moldanubian batholith (2001-2001, MSM/ME) (2001 - 2001)
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  • Accessory minerals of Ti,Nb,Ta and W as indicators of geochemical evolutions in magmatic rocks and related and hydroth. systems of the Bohem. Ma. (2000 - 2002)
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  • Composition of sediments in the water reservoir and their contamination (2000 - 2002)
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  • Conceptual model for uranium mineralization at the Rozna deposit (2000 - 2002)
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  • Distribution of REE and REE-bearing minerals in topaz-bearing granites of the Saxothuringian zone (2000-2002, MSM/ME) (2000 - 2002)
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  • Holocene evolution of the soil cover of the protected landscape areas of the Czech Republic (2000 - 2002)
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  • Migmatitization of metapelites of the Moldanubian zone and origin of granites of the Moldanubian batholith (2001-2001, MSM/ME) (2000 - 2002)
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  • Petrology and mineralogy of the Neolitic and Aeneolitic artifact in Bohemia (2000 - 2002)
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  • Primary minerals and new primary phases in ore veins of Jáchymov deposit (2000 - 2002)
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  • Reduction of heavy metal emissions from fluidized bed coal combustion using sorbents (2000 - 2002)
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  • Application of radionuclides and ionizing radiation (1999 - 2004)
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  • Composition and mode of occurence of the mineral constituents in brown coal and their behaviour during fluidized bed combustion ( (1999 - 2001)
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  • Microporous structure of carbonaceous substances and the significance of its (1998 - 2000)
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  • The effect of humic substances on the speciation and migration of radionuclides in ground waters (1998 - 2000)
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  • Study of Interaction of Cadmium with Humic Substances by Radiotracer Method (1998 - 1998)
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  • Thermal history of the sedimentary basins of the Czech Republic and its relation to tectonic processes (1997 - 2001)
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  • Modelling and simulation of processes of contaminants migration in barrier materials of disposal facilities, in rivers and water reservoirs (1997 - 1999)
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  • Composition and structure of coal Czech Republic (1996 - 1998)
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  • Modelling Migration of Toxic and Radiotoxic Substances in Soils, Rock and Sediments (1994 - 1996)
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  • Physical Principles of Gas Saturation and Gas Emission Ability of Coal and Rocks (1994 - 1996)
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  • Modification of sorption properties of carbon sorbents by means of an artificial surface layer (1991 - 1993)