Earth Sciences. Year Book Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno

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1 Earth Sciences Year Book 2001 Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic, 2001

2 Section Earth Sciences The section Earth Sciences is constituted by 3 departments and one institute: Department of Geography Department of Geology and Paleontology Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry Institute of Physics of the Earth, with total strenght of 39 pedagogical and scientific workers, 12 technical workers, about 430 bachleor and master students and 100 PhD students. Functioning of the section is administrated by quaternary section committee leaded by the section head. CONSTITUTION OF THE SECTION COMMITTEE Prof. RNDr. Pavel Prošek, CSc. section head Doc. RNDr. Jiří Kalvoda, CSc. head of Dept. of Geology and Paleontology Prof. RNDr. Milan Novák, CSc. head of Dept. of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry RNDr. Švancara, CSc. head of Institute of Physics of the Earth. Guarantors of study programmes also participate in the section committee work when necessary.other information focused on the pedagogical and publication activities and on the scientific and operating performance is concentrated in the next desription of the section units..

3 Department of Geography TEACHING AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES The Department of Geography belongs with its 23 members and with number of students to the biggest departments of the faculty. Students on the graduate degree can choose one of four specialisations: physical geography, climatology and hydrology, cartography with geoinformatics and remote sensing, and regional geography with regional development. The study of the future secondary teachers program combines Geography with Mathematics, Biology, Geology, History and English. Besides the mentioned there is possible to study 3 years bachleor study Applied geography and Mathematics The PhD students are orientad on physical geography, cartography and geoinformatics, and regional geography with regional development. In the field of grant research 11 grant projects have been elaborated at the department. The research program is chiefly focused on the following problems: the reconstruction of the climate and scenarios of climatic changes; the application of statistical methods in the analysis of time series; microclimate and topoclimate; climate of polar regions; the problems of atmospheric pollution; precipitation-runoff relation in selected watersheds; characterization of ecosystems according to their animal component, problems of the contemporary social and economic transformation of the Czech Republic; regional geographic studies of small territories; the preparation of data and the GIS management of chosen regions and their application to specific problems; the theory and methods of teaching geography. Information about grants and other scientific projects, soluted on the department, about international co-operation and co-operation with other Czech and foreign institutions are showed in next parts of this yearbook. Within the Department of Geography the Laboratory of Geoinformatics and Cartography is active in the field of GIS and remote sensing being the best equipped laboratory in the Moravian region. The Laboratory has many international co-operation contacts. Its members deal not only with scientific research within a grant program, but with several important business contracts (using student s activities). We can state that due to the activities of the members and their results and achievements the department belongs to the top geographical institutions in the Czech Republic and is comparable with similar institutions abroad. STRUCTURE OF PERSONNEL Head: Pavel Prošek (Prof., RNDr., CSc.) Professors: Rudolf Brázdil (RNDr., DrSc) Associate Professors: Milan V. Drápela, (RNDr., CSc.) Alois Hynek (RNDr., CSc.) Jaromír Karásek (RNDr., CSc.) Milan Konečný (RNDr., CSc.), Head of the Laboratory on Geoinformatics and Cartography Stanislav Řehák, (RNDr., CSc.) Jaroslav Vašátko (RNDr., CSc.) Research Assistants: Martin Brzák (Mgr., Dr.) until October 2001 Petr Daněk (Mgr.) Petr Dobrovolný (RNDr., CSc.) Vladimír Herber (RNDr., CSc.) Miroslav Kolář (RNDr., CSc.) Zdeněk Máčka (Mgr.) from November 2001 Eva Reinöhlová (Ing.) Karel Staněk (Mgr., PhD.) Václav Toušek (RNDr., CSc.) Antonín Věžník (RNDr., CSc.) Assistants for Temporary Contract (grant): Jarmila Brázdilová (RNDr.) Petr Kubíček (RNDr., CSc.) Kamil Láska (Mgr.) Technicians: Radek Neužil Jana Vaverková Secretary: Eva Zedníčková Librarian: Bohumila Zitterbartová Adjunct Lecturers: Kamil Fuchs (Ing., CSc., Assoc. Prof.), Dept of Finance, Fac. of Philosophy, Masaryk University Brno Jan Helešic (RNDr.), Dept. of Zoology and Ecology, Fac of Science, Masaryk University Brno Jan Keller (PhDr., CSc., Assoc. Prof.), Dept. of Sociology, Fac. of Philosophy, Masaryk University Brno Jan Lacina (Ing., CSc.), Institute of Geonics, AS CR, Brno Jiří Löw (Ing.arch., CSc.), Löw & Comp., Brno

4 Jaroslav Maryáš (RNDr., CSc.), Dept. of Regional Development and Management, Fac. of Economy and Administration, Masaryk University Brno Josef Pokorný (Ing.), District Office of Břeclav Josef Slavík (RNDr.), GEOtest Brno Zdeňka Tarabová (RNDr.), pensioner Milan Viturka (RNDr., CSc.), Dept. of Regional Development and Managemant, Fac. of Economy and Administration, Masaryk University Brno Ph.D. Students: Full time Michal Bíl (Mgr.) Jiří Goláň (Mgr.) Irena Jašíková (Mgr.) Martin Just (Mgr.) Kateřina Klečková (Ing.) Vratislav Kolář (Mgr.) Leona Kovaříková (Mgr.) Vojtěch Kučera (Mgr.) Jarmila Macková (Mgr.) Petr Matuška (Mgr.) Eva Mulíčková (Mgr.) Andrea Petrová (Mgr.) Anna Rafajová (Mgr.) Jiří Riezner (Mgr.) Pavel Roštínský (Mgr.) Hana Rothova (Mgr.) Petr Štěpánek (Mgr.) Pavla Štěpánková (Mgr.) Petr Tonev (Mgr.) Richard Trávníček (Mgr.) Jarmila Valíčková (Mgr.) Vít Vašek (Mgr.) Martin Veselý (Mgr.) Josef Vozanka (Mgr.) Part time Dušan Adam (Mgr.) - Businessman, Brno Daniel Borecký (RNDr.) - Dept. of Geography, Fac. of Education, Masaryk University, Brno Květoslava Brátová (Ing.) - District Government, Tachov Jiří Čekal (Mgr.) - Fac. of Education, South Bohemian University, České Budějovice Tomáš Grimm (RNDr.) - Cadastral Office, Opava Štefan Handžák (Mgr.) - Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Košice Pavla Hlavinková (Mgr.) - Institute of Geonics, AS CR Brno Jan Hradecký (Mgr.) - Fac. of Science, Ostrava University Martin Hradský (Mgr.) - SPT Telecom, Brno Kateřina Hrušková (Mgr.) - Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Bratislava Helena Janků (Mgr.) - Labour Office, Brno Jiří Jarema (Mgr.) - District Goverment, Karviná Viktor Jaroš (Mgr.) - Institute of Geonics, AS CR Brno Filip Kadeřábek (Mgr.) - Berit, Brno Eva Kallabová (Mgr.) - Institute of Geonics, AS CR, Brno Tomáš Kučera (Mgr.) - GAREP, Brno Josef Kunc (Mgr.) - GAREP, Brno Kamil Láska (Mgr.) - Dept. of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno Jiří Ludík (Ing. arch.) - businessman Petr Mackovčín (Mgr.) - Agency for Environmental Protection, Brno Zdeněk Máčka (Mgr.) - Institute of Geonics, AS CR Brno Radim Machů (Mgr.) - businessman Dalibor Mahel (Mgr.) - High school INTEGRA, Brno Vladimír Maršík (Mgr.) - Businessman Ondřej Mulíček (Mgr.) - Municipal authorities of Brno Monika Mulková (Mgr.) - Fac. of Science, Ostrava University Nataša Násadová (Mgr.) - mother leave Marika Nechutová (Mgr.) - Hana Novotná (Mgr.) Tomáš Peňáz (Mgr.) - Municipality Office Ostrava Josef Pitner (RNDr.) - Work Office, Brno Josef Pokorný (Ing.) - District Goverment, Břeclav Klára Popková (Mgr.) - Technical University, Liberec Eva Reinöhlová (Ing.) - Dept. of Geography, Fac. of Science, Masaryk University, Brno Pavel Sedlák (Mgr.) - Dep. of Geography, Fac. of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc Daniel Seidenglanz (Mgr.) - GAREP, Brno Jiří Suda (Mgr.) - Dept. of Geography, West Bohemian University, Plzeň Hana Svatoňová (PhDr. Mgr.) - Fac. of Education, Masaryk University Brno Jiří Šmída (Mgr.) - Technical University, Liberec Jiří Šorm (Mgr.) - Secondary School, Vrchlabí

5 Jitka Tětková (Mgr.) - Euroverlag, Plzeň Robert Tomas (Mgr.) - Czech Geological Survey, Praha Bohumila Tomšíčková (Mgr.) - INCOMA, Brno Michal Vančura (Mgr.) - Fac. of Education, South Bohemian University, České Budějovice Lenka Vašková (Mgr.) - Work Office, Brno Robert Veselý (Mgr.) - Institution of Territorial Development, Brno Petr Žufan (Mgr.) - Fac. of Science, Ostrava University THESES DEFENDED IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2000/20001 Diploma theses: Bartošová, L.: Australia - human geographical survey. (supervisor: A. Věžník) Burget, R.: Environmental strategy for Blansko. (supervisor: A. Hynek) Černý, P.: Landscape ecology of the Březná drainage basin. (supervisor: V. Herber) Dostál, I.: User interface for database of railways in the Czech Republic. (supervisor: S. Řehák) Dvořáková, M.: The Boskovice-region in geographical education. (supervisor: A. Hynek) Fišerová, I.: The Czech Republic - Geographical education at grammar schools (Project method). (supervisor: V. Herber) Fremel, M.: Transformation of the textile, clothing and leather industry in the Czech Republic (focussed on the region South-East - NUTS 2). (supervisor: V. Toušek) Frolka, P.: Environmental assessment of impacts of high - speed railway in Vyškov district. (supervisor: A. Hynek) Hájek, O.: The project The atlas of the labour market in Czech Republic. (supervisor: V. Toušek) Holková, M.: The part of the agriculture in the development of the country in the borderland on example of micro-regions Hrušovansko and Mikulovsko. (supervisor: E. Reinöhlová) Klapka, P.: Krkonoše (Giant) Mts. and sustainable development. (supervisor: V. Herber) Kolářová, H.: Study of landscape changes connected with uranium ore mining. (supervisor: P. Dobrovolný) Kostlán, P.: Electrotechnical industry and its influence on the regional development. (supervisor: V. Toušek) Mágr, F.: Perception of the town of avarnsdorf. (supervisor: A. Hynek) Martinát, S.: Geographical aspects of agricultural transformation in Frýdek-Místek region. (supervisor: A. Věžník) Mrhačová, A.: Analysis of entrance procedure results for geography studies. (supervisor: V. Herber) Novák, V.: Blansko district - its economy with special attention to the industrial productions (economic - geographical analysis). (supervisor: V. Toušek) Plesková, J.: Elementary social geographic problems of Konice region in view of strategic territorial development of micro-region. (supervisor: A. Věžník) Podhorná, A.: Japan in geographical education. (supervisor: A. Hynek) Polický, Z.: Social-economic geographical overview of South African countries. (supervisor: A. Věžník) Veselý, R.: The influence of foreign investment capital on regional development (on the example of Jihlava region). (supervisor: V. Toušek) Vodicová, J.: The Transformation of industrial production in Zlín district in the 1990 s. (supervisor: V. Toušek) Vychodil, L.: Regional development of microregion Hodonín in geographical education. (supervisor: A. Hynek) Žamboch, M.: Images of regions and regional self government in the Czech Republic, comparison of periods and according to the study of daily press and special journals. (supervisor: S. Řehák) Ph.D. Thesis: Láska, K.: Dependence of selected meteorological elements on synoptic situation in the region of South Shetland Islands, Bransfield Strait and Antarctic Peninsula. (supervisor: P. Prošek) Petrová, A.: Multitemporal analysis of land use using Remotely Sensed data in cadastre of Havraniky village (supervisor: M. Konečný) Mahel, D.: Perspectives of the GIS applications in Secondary Schools in the Czech Republic. (supervisor: M. Konečný)

6 Peňáz, T.: Visualization of the spatial data from the integrate emergency system (on the example of the fire brigades units) (supervisor: M. Konečný) Štěpánková, P.: Reconstruction of Precipitation Based on the Fir and Pine Tree-Rings in Southern Moravia Region in the Period (supervisor: R. Brázdil) Trávníček, R.: Setup of Brno city transport historical and topological approach. (supervisor: S. Řehák) PROJECT GRANTS RECEIVED Grant Agency of the Czech Republic 205/01/1067 Brázdil, R. (collaborators: P. Dobrovolný, Museum of Local History, Litoměřice, Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the CAS, Prague, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Ostrava): Meteorological extremes and their impacts in the Czech Lands since the 16th century. The project is oriented on the reconstruction of weather extremes and analysis of their impacts in the Czech Republic since the 16th century based on documentary evidence and instrumental data. 205/99/1142 Jeřábek, M. (sub-coordinator: S. Řehák, collaborators: P. Daněk, E. Reinöhlová, V. Toušek, cooperation with the Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences and four iniversities in the Czech Republic) The role of the borderland in regional development of the Czech Republic with respect to the involvement of the Czech Republic in the European structures. The project examines spatial variability of effects caused by proximity of the (various types of the state) border on a broad scale of economic, social, and political phenomena and processes. (Including a detailed study of 15 microregions.) 403/01/0726 Vágner, J. (sub-coordinator: A. Hynek, co-authors: V. Herber, P. Daněk, V. Toušek) Secondary Lodging in the Czech Republic and the links to other forms of travelling. Field survey of second homes spatial distribution, human experience. Research programmes of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports MSM : Research programme Prošek, P. coordinator: Ecology of Coastal Antarctic Oasis collaborators: K.Láska, P.Dobrovolný, M. Brzák (Dept. of Geography) J.Gloser, M.Barták, V.Cepák (Dept. of Plant Physiology and Anatomy), J.Havel, D.Gajdošová, L.Pokorná (Dept. of Analytical Chemistry), O.Komárek (Dept. of Zoology and Ecology) Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Program INGO, LA 118/2000 ( ) Prošek, P. (manager): Construction of the Czech scientific station in the Antarctica. Development Fund of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports 519/2001 Dobrovolný, P. (co-author: Herber, V., Hynek, A.) Multimedia Education of Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing. 534/2001 Staněk, K. (co-author: Friedmannová, L., Konečný, M.) Digital cataloue of maps at the Geography department Masaryk University 552/2001 Konečný, M. (co-author. Staněk, K., Friedmannová, L.) Multimedia education of Cartography, Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing using Internet Phare Programme Konečný, M. (co-authors: K.Staněk, J. Brázdilová) PANEL GI (Pan European link for geographical information). Program is aimed at creation of the European network of geographical information data sources. Project EU-Leonardo da Vinci: Konečný- project manager: Geographic Information Systems and Agricultural Education in Europe; Acronym : GISA2E, F/01/B/P/PP , Konečný- project manager: GIP-working stays of postgraduate students in 2001, 2002, Acronym : GI Placement), II. CZ/00/A/F/PL/ th Framework Programme of EU Konečný- project manager: WirelessInfo Acronym: No. IST , from Nov. 2001, duration 12 months

7 INCO COPERNICUS Programme Konečný, M. (co-authors: K. Staněk, J. Brázdilová) Project ABDS for the CEEC - Administrative Boundary Data Services for the Central and Eastern European Countries. Aim of the project is to create a common database of administrative units, and basic thematic and altitudinal data related to them, for Central and Eastern European countries, in connection with existing databases in EU member states. Canadian Studies Program: ICCS file no Hynek, A. Geography of Canada: a course for geography students. Financial support for textbooks on Canada received from The Canadian Embassy in the Czech Republic in the Programme. 17&4 Organisationsberatung GmbH, Vienna, Austria Hynek A. CSDI - Community Sustainable Development Indicators. A LIFE Project CONFERENCES (SYMPOSIA, SEMINARS) ORGANIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS Brázdilová, Reinöhlová, Staněk: 4 th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science GI in Europe: Integrative Interoperable Interactice, April 19-21, 2001, Brno, members of organizing committee. Dobrovolný: GIS Ostrava 2001, 21 st 24 th Jan 2000, International conference, member of programme committee Herber, Hynek: Summer School: Secondary Geographical Education New Trends in Teaching and Learning. Brno 28 Aug. 1 Sept. 2001, main organizers Herber: Physical Geography & Landscape Ecology: Research and Education. 19 h Annual physicogeographical conference of the Czech Geographical Society, Dept. of Geography, Brno 8 Feb. 2001, main organizer Herber, Hynek: Brno Forum of Geography Educators. March, April, May, October, November, December 2001., main organizers Kolář: 4 th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science GI in Europe: Integrative Interoperable Interactice, April 19-21, 2001, Brno, vice chairman, member of organizing committee. Konečný: 4 th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science GI in Europe: Integrative Interoperable Interactice, April 19-21, 2001, Brno, vice chairman, member of organizing committee. Konečný: International Cartographic Congress;, August 2001, Beijing, China, member of organizing committee. Konečný, Brázdilová: GDS meetng (Global Society Dialog), internatinal meeting, 24 th Sept. 2001, Brno, main organizers Reinöhlová: The role of the borderland in regional development of the Czech Republic with respect to the involvement of the Czech Republic in the European Structures, grant workshop, 11 th 14 th Jan. 2001, Brno INVITED LECTURES AND RESEARCH STAYS OF STAFF ABROAD Brázdil, R.: Reconstructing Late Holocene Climate Workshop, Charlottesville, USA (17-20 April): Documentary data and its use for climate reconstructions during the past millennium in Europe; Weather and Climate, Valencia, Spain (7-8 June): Meteorological extremes in the Czech Republic: data, methods, fluctuations, impacts (invited lecture); Past Climate Variability Through Europe and Africa, Aix-en- Provence, France (27-31 August): Climatic reconstruction in the Czech Lands during the past millennium; German Austrian Swiss Meteorological Conference, Vienna, Austria (18-21 September): Fluctuations of extremely cold and warm months in the Czech Republic during the period of instrumental records and their relation to the atmospheric circulation (co-authors: Písek, J., Luterbacher, J., Tolasz, R., Květoň, V.); International Conference, Stará Lesná, Slovakia (9-11 October): Fluctuations of extremely cold and warm months in the Czech Republic during the period of instrumental records and their relation to the atmospheric circulation (co-authors: Písek, J., Luterbacher, J., Tolasz, R., Květoň, V.) Konečný, M.: Working stay, Brussels, Belgium, Luxemburg, Luxemburg (10-17 March): activities and programmes of the 5 th Frame Work; Working stay, London, United Kingdom (29 March-2 April): executive dealing of ICA (vice-president); Working stay, Fredericton, Canada (23-29 June): ICA, CCRS, Steering Committee - worldwide activity Digital Earth (candidature of the Czech Republic to organize the conference "Digital Earth 2003"); 7. EC - GIS Workshop, Potsdam, Germany (13-16 June); Working stay, Brussels, Belgium (26-30 July): dealing with the EU - DG 13; Beijing, China (31 July-12 August): Conference ICC 2001; Working stay, Brussels, Belgium (12-14 September): activities and programmes of the 5 th Frame Work; Invited lecture, Guangzhou, Academy of Sciences, China: Forum on Digital Cities (16-22 September): "SDI and Cartography and Digital Cities"; Working stay, Brussels, Belgium (22-23 October): dealing about the 6 th Frame Work -DG Info Society; Working stay, Beijing, Institute of the Applied Remote Sensing, China (27 October-4 November): Conference ICII section president; Working stay, Düsseldorf, Germany (2-5 December): committee IST EU; Working stay, FAW University of Ulm, Germany (17-20 December): dealing about the EU projects Láska, K.: Short time stage, Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, United Kingdom (19-30 November): arrangement of climatic data for climate variability studies in the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetlands region

8 Prošek, P.: Working stay, Britisch Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom (19-24 November): technical solution of proposed Czech Antarctic station; Working stay, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima (29 November - 15 December): coordination of Antarctic programmes between Peru and Czech Republic Staněk, K.: Short time stage, FAW University of Ulm, Germany (18 November - 9 December) OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS AND CO-OPERATION OF STAFF In co-operation with University of Bern, Institute of Geography and Institute of History (Switzerland) and with University of Würzburg, Institute of Geography (Germany): Historical climate and weather extremes of Europe. Participant: R. Brázdil In co-operation with University of Durham, Department of Geography: GIS, digital cartography - role of geographical information in information society, role of geodata and geoinformation in ebussines and in local and regional administration. Participant: M. Konečný In co-operation with Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications: Theory of Digital Earth and digital cities. Participant: M. Konečný In co-operation with University of Ulm (Germany), FAW Ulm: Deveopment of European and worldwide sustainable information society, role of GIS in state administration and in local goverments. Participant: M. Konečný In co-operation with European Union, Joint Research Center, ISPRA: Preparation of concepts and realisations of European envronmental spatial information infrastructure. Participant: M. Konečný In co-operation with European Union, DG Info Society: Preparation of selected topics of 6 th frame programme. Participant: M. Konečný In co-operation with the Department of Climatology, Institute of Geography, Copernicus University, Toruń (Poland): Atmospheric circulation over the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetlands. Participant: K. Láska In co-operation with the Department of Meteorology and Nautical Oceanography, Maritime Academy Gdynia (Poland): Processing of the meteorological data from the stations of the King George Island, South Shetlands, consultations by technical preparation of disembarkment of building parts of Czech station in the Antarctica. Participants: P. Prošek, K. Láska In co-operation with Ponticica Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima: mass balance of selected glacier on King George Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica. Participants: P. Prošek, K. Láska In cooperation with Ecole Normale Superieur Lyon: Regional and political geography of Central and East Europe. Participant: S. Řehák In co-operation with Department of Human Geography and Demogeography, Faculty of Science, Comenius University Bratislava: Conception of development of agriculture and rural areas in marginal regions of Czech and Slovak Republic. Participant: A. Věžník OTHER PROFFESIONAL ACTIVITIES Brázdil R.: Member of Executive Committee of the National Climate Programme of the Czech Republic; Chairman of the Professional Board for the PhD Studies in Geography; Chariman of National Geographic Committee Full Member of Commission on Climatology of the International Geographical Union; Member of editorial board of Scripta Fac.Sci.Nat. Univ.Masaryk.Brun. and Folia Fac.Sci.Nat. Univ.Masaryk. Brun. Brázdilová J.: F2 - Secretary of Committee of Czech Geographical Society, South Moravian branch.brzák Dobrovolný P. : F2 - Member of the Terminology Commission of the Czech Association for Geoinformation (CAGI) Drápela M.V.: - Treasurer of the Committee of South Moravian branch of the Czech Geographical Society; Member of Commission of Interantional Cartographic Association, Commission on the History of Cartography Herber V.: Member of the Committee of the Czech Geographical Society; - Head of Physicogeographical section of Czech Geographical Society; Member of Brno South Moravian Branch of the Czech Geographical Society Hynek A.: F1 - School of Economics, Prague : grants assesment, Doctorate Programme Board; Charles University Prague: grants assesment; Slovak Academy Grants Agency: grants assesment; Member of Committee of Czech Geopgraphical Society; Head of Brno South Moravian Branch of the Czech Geographical Society; Vice-chairman of the Czech/ International Association of Landscape Ecology; Member of the Panel of the Chief Architect Board of the City of Brno; Member of Editorial Board of Geography (Quarterly,CGS); Consultancy for GaREP (agency for regional development ); Member of the Commission on Geographical Education of the International Geographical Union Karásek J.: Member of editorial board of Moravian Geographical Reports (Edit. Institut of Geonics, Academy of Science of CR); Member of the Commission of Physical Geography of the Professional Board for PhD studies in Geography Kolář M.: Member of head committee of Czech Meteorological Society. Member of Academic Senate of Masaryk Univeristy Konečný M.: F1 - Chairman of Scientific Section Council of Cartography and Geoinformatics on Faculty of Science, Masaryk University; Member of Scientific Section Council for PGS in specialisation of Cartography, Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing on Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague; Member of Scientific section council for Geodesy and Cartography on Faculty of Civil-Engineering, Czech Technical Univeristy, Prague; Member of Commission for PhDs on Technical University, Brno; Vice-president of International Cartographic Association (ICA);Member of Committee of Czech Cartographical Society; President of Czech and Slovak Intergraph Users Group7;

9 Member of Commission for Education in Cartography of International Cartographic Association ; National co-ordinator of EU Panel-GI project; Head of the Research team - Administration Boundary data Service Project of EU; Member of editorial board of Geoinformatica International Journal, Kluwer Academic Publishers; Expert - International Society Forum, European Union, Brussels; Member of Nemoforum CR. Prošek P.: Member of Scientific Council of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University Brno; Member of Scientific Council of the Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava; Member of Competition Committee of Czcech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports; Member of Commission of Climatology by Polish Committee of Polar Research.; Member of Editorial board of Questiones Geographicae A. Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poland; Member of Working Group for Geography by Commission of Accreditation by Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports; Member of PhD Committee for Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University Brno Reinöhlová E.: Secretary of Socioeconomical Section of Czech Geographical Society - South-Moravian Branch Řehák S.: Member of the Professional Board for the PhD studies in Geography of the Fac. of Sciences of the Masaryk University - Brno; Member of the Professional Board for the PhD studies in Regional and Political Geography of the Faculty of Sciences of Charles University Praha Staněk, K.: Correspondent Member of ICA Commission for Map Generalisation Toušek V.: Head of Speciality Group for Human Geography of the Czech Geographical Society, South Moravian Branch; Chairman of Professional Commission of Regional Geography and Regional Development of the Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University Vašátko J.: F2 - Member of Scientific Council of the National Park Podyjí; Member of the Commission of Physical Geography of the Professional Board for PhD studies in Geography

10 Department of Geology and Paleontology TEACHING AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES The year 2001 was, similarly to the preceding ones, rich in various professional events in which the members of the Department actively participated or which were organized by them. At the very beginning of the year in February Š. Hladilová actively participated at the conference Paleontology at the beginning of the new millennium in Bratislava. In March R. Brzobohatý presented an invited lecture at the meeting of the Working group Environments and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Eurasian Neogene in Graz. In April, the Department organized the 13th Conference on Upper Tertiary (Š. Hladilová, N. Doláková, R. Brzobohatý). Two members of the Department (R. Přichystal, R. Melichar) attended the 6th Meeting of the Czech Tectonic Studies Group in Donovaly - Nízké Tatry and J. Leichmann participated in the 11th European Union of Geosciences Conference in Strassburg. In May the course of geological and hydrogeological mapping, in the cooperation with the Czech Geological Survey, took place in the surroundings of Svratouch. In June R. Brzobohatý and M. Slobodník left nearly for a month for Belgium. R. Brzobohatý stayed at Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, where he studied Tertiary otoliths. M. Slobodník studied the fluid systems at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. R. Musil attended XI. Bilzingsleben-Kolloquium at the Friedrich Schiller Universität in Jena. Several members of the Department (Š. Hladilová, N. Doláková, R. Musil, J. Kalvoda) were engaged in the Second paleontological seminar in Prague. An important event was the succesful defence of two PhD theses - Quantitative and qualitative changes of the contaminants in the subsurface - Chlorinated ethenes (T. Kuchovský - supervisor V. Pelikán) and Microtectonics and stratigraphy of the Paleozoic limestones within the SW Brunovistulian Margin (P. Špaček - supervisor J. Kalvoda). At the end of August J. Kalvoda attended the international conference Paleoforams in Ankara and S. Nehyba and PhD student L. Kvitkova attended the 21st IAF (international Association of Sedimentologists) Meeting in Davos. A series of important conferences was held in the course of September. Š. Hladilová participated in the conference "Carpathians Palaeogeography and Geodynamics: A Multidisciplinary Approach" in Krakow and in field workshop "Continental versus Marine Badenian" in Bratislava. A. Přichystal was engaged in the 4th Workshop of the IGCP/UNESCO Project No. 442 "Raw materials of the Neolithic Aeneolithic polished stone artefacts: their migration paths in Europe", in northern Italy. J. Leichmann and PhD students K. Zachovalová and F. Jelínek attended the international conference MinPet in Wien and J. Leichmann Cathodoluminiscence conference in Freiberg. In October J. Leichmann was engaged in the conference "Orogeny and cratonic response on the margins of Baltica" in Ankara and in conference "P and F in higly fractionated granites" in Peršlag. In November the Department organized the traditional international conference "Quaternary 2001" which was attended by more than 50 specialists from the Central Europe. At the end of the year A. Přichystal left for a month for geological mapping of the city Leon in Nicaragua. During his stay he attended the conference "Fallas Geológicas en Managua y Amenaza Sísmica en Occidente de Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua. The participation of great number of Department members in grants of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic and in the research project of the Ministry of Education is perhaps the most important part of the Department scientific activities. Within the framework of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic the following projects were solved: Project 205/99/0567 "Reflection of the Variscan lower crust exhumation in the composition of the Viséan siliciclastics" (co-operation J. Leichmann), Project 205/99/0997 "Radioactivity of the accessory minerals of the Třebíč durbachite massif, Petrologic and environmental aspects (cooperation: J.Leichmann), Project Geochemical and tectonic model of the fluid migration in the Palaeozoic of the Moravo-Silesian region (leader M.Slobodník., cooperation: R. Melichar, B.Fojt, Z.Losos - PřF MU, Z. Dolníček, J.Zimák - PřF UP, P. Novotný -VM Olomouc, Ph.Muchez - KU Leuven), Project 205/00/0212 "Model of uranium mineralisation at the Rožna deposit" (cooperation J. Leichmann) and Project GA205/00/0550 "Relics of Miocene sediments on the eastern margin of the Czech Massif" (leader Š. Hladilová, co-workers N. Doláková, S. Nehyba), Project 404/00/0547 Pre-Neolithic settlement of Southern Bohemia (A. Přichystal), Project 205/01/0085 Reedition of the Karpatian Stratotype (coordinator R. Brzobohatý, cooperation: Š. Hladilová, N. Doláková) and Project 205/01/0331 Volcanism of the disintegrated passive continental margin, exaple of the southern part of the Vrbno Group (cooperation: A. Přichystal). The Department also participated significantly in the solution of research project of the Ministry of Education CEZ:J07/98: "Geological Processes and their Environmental Reflections - Contact between the Variscides and the Alpides" headed by J. Kalvoda (coworkers A. Přichystal, S. Nehyba, J. Leichmann, Š. Hladilová) and in Project Nr. 228/275 of the bilateral Czech-Slovak scientific cooperation "Correlation of the organisms and environments during Karpatian and Lower Badenian in the Carpathian Foredeep and Vienna Basin" (Š. Hladilová, co-workers N. Doláková, S. Nehyba, cooperation with the Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Komenský University Bratislava - M.Kováč, N. Hudáčková, E. Halásová, M. Slamková, A. Ruman). The Department was involved in the CEEPUS project A105 where the representants of the universities in Salzburg (coordinator), Budapest, Wroclaw, Sosnowiec, Krakow, Brno and Olomouc are engaged. During the year two PhD students from Krakow attended the Department. On the other hand 1PhD student attended Krakow, 1 attended Wroclaw and 1 teacher (Š. Hladilová) attended Budapest. During the year the cooperation based on the treaty on the mutual cooperation between the departments of geological sciences of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University Brno, and the Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava continued and the director of the Geological Institute Dr. J. Michalík and its member Dr. D. Plašienka participated in the course of regional geology at our Department. STRUCTURE OF PERSONNEL Head: Jiří Kalvoda (Assoc. Prof., RNDr., CSc.) Professors: Rostislav Brzobohatý (RNDr., CSc.) Rudolf Musil (RNDr., D.Sc.) (part time 0.15) Antonín Přichystal (RNDr., CSc.) Associate Professors: Šárka Hladilová (Ing., CSc.) Marek Slobodník (RNDr., CSc.) Assistant Professors: Nela Doláková (RNDr., CSc.) Tomáš Kuchovský (Mgr., Ph.D.) (since October 2001)

11 Jaromír Leichmann (RNDr., Dr.) Rostislav Melichar (RNDr., Dr.) Slavomír Nehyba (RNDr., Dr.) Vladimír Pelikán (RNDr., Ing., DrSc.) (part time 0.5) Research Assistants: Miloš Kosík Technicians: Libuše Plchová Petr Gajdošík Secretary: Soňa Holečková Adjunct Lecturers: Jan Čurda (RNDr.) - Czech Geol. Survey Prague Juraj Franců (RNDr., CSc.) - Czech Geol. Survey Brno Jindřich Hladil (Assoc. Prof., RNDr., CSc.) - Czech Acad. of Sci., Praha Michal Kováč (Assoc.Prof., RNDr., CSc.) - Komenský University, Bratislava, Slovakia Oldřich Krejčí (RNDr.) - Czech Geol. Survey Brno Milan Látal (Ing., CSc.) Water Management Technology, Brno Josef Malý (Prof. Dr. CSc.) - Fac. of Construct. Tech. Univ. Brno Libor Michele (Ing.) Aquaprotec, Brno Jozef Michalík (RNDr., D.Sc.) - Geol. Inst. of Slovak Acad. of Sci. Bratislava Jitka Novotná (RNDr.) - Geotest Brno Jiří Otava (RNDr., CSc.) - Czech Geol. Survey Brno Dušan Plašienka (RNDr., CSc.) - Geol. Inst. of Slovak Acad. of Sci. Bratislava Lumír Woznica (Ing., CSc.) - Brno Ph.D. Students: Full time Ivo Baroň (Mgr.) Milan Geršl (Mgr.) Filip Jelínek (Mgr.) Tomáš Kuchovský (Mgr.) Stanislav Lejska (Mgr.) Chuyen Ngoc Nguyen Dana Richterová (Mgr.) Lenka Sedláčková (Mgr.) Petr Špaček (Mgr.) David Wilimský (Mgr.) Kateřina Zachovalová (Mgr.) Part time Helena Gilíková (Mgr.) - Czech Geol. Survey Brno Martina Roblíčková-Zelinková (Mgr.) - Moravian Museum Brno Jiří Synek (Mgr.) Oldřich Krejčí (RNDr.) - Czech Geol. Survey Brno Pavla Petrová (Mgr.) - Czech Geol. Survey Brno Stanislav Houzar (RNDr.) - Moravian Museum Brno Jan Šikula (Ing.) - Czech Geol. Survey Brno THESES DEFENDED IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2000/2001 Ph.D. theses: Kuchovský T. (2001): Quantitative and qualitative changes of the contaminants in the subsurface - Chlorinated ethenes. Supervisor V. Pelikán. Špaček P. (2001): Microtectonics and stratigraphy of the Paleozoic limestones within the SW Brunovistulian Margin. Supervisor J. Kalvoda. RNDr. theses: Ondráčková L. (2001): Taxonomy of the species Eoparastaffella and Eoendothyranopsis and the characteristics of the microfacies near the Tournaisian-Visean boundary in the profiles in Mokrá near Brno. Supervisor J. Kalvoda. Diploma theses: Geršl M. (2001): Cenozoic sediments in the NE part of the Maleník Horst. Supervisor A. Přichystal. Jelínek F.(2001): Provenance of the sandstones in the Southern part of the Boskovice Furrow. Supervisor: J. Leichman. Lejska S. (2001): Hydrogeology of the Northen part of Moravian Karst. Supervisor: V. Pelikán.

12 Matula M. (2001): Dehydration Melting of The Biotite-Bearing Metapellites nd It s Role in The Formation of The Uranium Deposit Rožná. Supervisor: J. Leichman. Pašková M. (2001): Evaluation of the changes of nitrate concentrations in Svratka and Svitava rivers in dependence on the agriculture. Supervisor V. Pelikán. Petřík Z. (2001): Geological and ecological aspects of the renaturalisation of raw materials deposits. Supervisor M. Slobodník. Stejskal P. (2001): Provenance of the sandstones material of the Boskovice Furrow in the profile westerly from the Veverská Bitýška. Supervisor J. Leichman. PROJECT GRANTS RECEIVED Grant Agency of the Czech Republic 205/00/0356 Geochemical and tectonic model of the fluid migration in the Palaeozoic of the Moravo-Silesian region. M.Slobodník., cooperation: R.Melichar, B.Fojt, Z.Losos (PřF MU), Z.Dolníček, J.Zimák (PřF UP), P.Novotný (VM Olomouc) Ph.Muchez (KU Leuven). 205/00/0550 Relicts of Miocene sediments on the eastern margin of the Bohemian Massif. Š. Hladilová, cooperation N. Doláková, S. Nehyba. 404/00/0547 Pre-Neolithic settlement of Southern Bohemia. A. Přichystal. 205/99/1640 Paleobiogeographic evolution of Foraminifer fauna at the contact of Gondwana and Baltica in the uppermost Devonian and Lower Carboniferous. J. Kalvoda. 205/99/0567 Reflection of exhumation of the Variscan lower crust in composition of Viséan siliciclastics. Cooperation: J.Leichmann. 205/99/0997 Radioactivity of the accessory minerals of the Třebíč durbachite massif, Petrologic and environmental aspect. Cooperation: J.Leichmann. 205/00/0212 Model of uranium mineralisation at the Rožna deposit. Cooperation: J. Leichmann. 205/01/0085 Reedition of the Karpatian Stratotype. R. Brzobohatý, cooperation: Š. Hladilová, N. Doláková 205/01/0331 Volcanism of the disintegrated passive continental margin, example of the southern part of the Vrbno Group Cooperation: A. Přichystal. Ministry of Education CEZ:J07/98: Geologic processes and their environmental impacts contact between the Variscides and the Alpides. J. Kalvoda (co-workers A. Přichystal, S. Nehyba, J. Leichmann, Š. Hladilová). Project Nr. 228/275 of the bilateral Czech-Slovak scientific cooperation Correlation of the organisms and environments during Karpatian and Lower Badenian in the Carpathian Foredeep and Vienna Basin. Š. Hladilová (co-workers N. Doláková, S. Nehyba, cooperation with the Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Komenský University Bratislava M.Kováč, N. Hudáčková, E. Halásová, M. Slamková, A. Ruman). Grants from other institutes CEEPUS A 105. Kalvoda J. CEEPUS CZ0101/99/00. Kalvoda J. AIP ČR 235. CL-study of the rock-forming and accesory minerals. Leichmann J., Novák M. Internal grant UK Praha Reconstruction of the environment and late Variscian evolution of the eastern part of the Bohemian Massif: sedimentary and paleontological record of the Boskovice Furrow. S. Nehyba (cooperation)

13 CONFERENCES (SYMPOSIA, SEMINARS) ORGANIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS 13th Conference on Upper Tertiary, April 19-20, 2001, Brno, Š. Hladilová, N. Doláková members of the Organizing Committee Quaternary 2001, November 30, 2001, R. Musil - chairman of the Organizing Committee, L. Sedláčková and L. Kvítková - members of the Organizing Committee. INVITED LECTURES AND RESEARCH STAYS OF STAFF ABROAD Brzobohatý R. Ecosystem Dynamics of the Eurasian Neogene, Working Group Meeting, Graz, Austria, Brzobohatý R. Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxellles, Belgium, Hladilová Š., Nehyba S., Doláková N.: Relicts of Miocene sediments on the eastern margin of the Bohemian Massif in the Czech Republic results of new investigations. MAEGS-12 Carpathians Palaeogeography and Geodynamics: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Krakow, Poland, Hladilová Š.: Contemporary problems of the paleo-ecological research. Slovenská paleontológia na prahu tretieho milénia, seminář k 70. narozeninám RNDr. O. Samuela, DrSc., GS SR, Bratislava, Slovakia, Hladilová Š. Field workshop Continental versus Marine Badenian in the scope of the HR3 interval of the EEDEN Project. Bratislava, Slovakia, Kalvoda J. International conference Paleoforams, Ankara, Turkey, August Leichmann, J. International conference EUG XI, Strasburg, Germany, April Leichmann, J. International conference Cathodoluminescence in Geosciences, Freiberg, Germany, September Leichmann, J. International conference MinPet 2001, Wien, Austria, Leichmann, J. International conference Orogeny and cratonic response on the margins of Baltica, Ankara, Turkey, September Leichmann, J. International conference P and F in higly fractionated granites, Peršlag, September Leichmann, J. University of Sosnowiec, Poland, 1 month stay. Leichmann, J.Invited lectures for Polish mineralogical Society Sosnowiec, Krakow Poland Leichmann, J. Invited lecture Institut fuer Petrologie, University of Vienna, Austria Leichmann, J. University of Vienna, Austria, 1 month stay Melichar R. 6th Meeting of the Czech Tectonic Studies Group, Donovaly Nízké Tatry, Slovakia, Melichar R., Melichar R., Chlupáč I.: Are nappes in the Barrandian area? Invited lecture for the Czech Geological Society - public discussion, Praha, Musil R. Die Umweltanalyse und ihre Interpretation: Ein anderer Weg., XI. Bilzingsleben-Kolloquium, Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena, Germany, Musil R. History of discovering of the climate changes, stratigraphy of quaternary, contemporary opinion about the environment of the last glacial stage, Faculty of Science, Komenský University, Bratislava, Slovakia, Nehyba S. The 21st IAS (International Association of Sedimentologists) Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Přichystal A. Raw materials of the Neolithic Aeneolithic polished stone artefacts: their migration paths in Europe, 4th Workshop of the IGCP/UNESCO Project No. 442, Museo Udine and Museo Genova, Italy, Přichystal A. 6th Meeting of the Czech Tectonic Studies Group, Donovaly Nízké Tatry, Slovakia, Přichystal A. International conference Fallas Geológicas en Managua y Amenaza Sísmica en Occidente de Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua, Přichystal A. Meeting Alluvial plain from a multidisciplinary point of view, Geotest Brno, Přichystal A. 4th workshop In the service of archaeology, MU Brno, Přichystal A. Meeting of the Slovakian geological society SAV Town on a volcano, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia,

14 Přichystal A. Project CEEPUS CZ 101, coordinator PřF MU, Matěj Bela University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, Přichystal A. Geological mapping of the city Leon and surrounding, project N.E.W.S., Nicaragua Přichystal A. Project GAČR A collecting of the samples, Frankische Alb, Germany, Slobodník, M. Study of the fluid systems, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS AND CO-OPERATION OF STAFF Brzobohatý R. European Science Foundation Programme EEDEN ("Environments and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Eurasian Neogene"). Brzobohatý R. Otolith faunas of the European Miocene (IRSNB Brussel). Hladilová Š. Project Nr. 228/275 of the bilateral Czech-Slovak scientific cooperation Correlation of the organisms and environments during Karpatian and Lower Badenian in the Carpathian Foredeep and Vienna Basin. Leichmann J. projekt CEEPUS (Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary). Leichmann J. Project Kontakt (Czech Republic Austria) Leichmann J. International project of Czech Slovak technical-scientific cooperation Musil R. Project Schöningen.- Niedersächsisches Landesamt, Hannover. Musil R. Project Bilzingsleben.- Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena. Musil R. Project Visegrad IV F. Musil R. The Stage 3 Project, Godwin Institut of Quaternary Research, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University Pelikán V. Hydrogeological measuring in the vicinity of the landfill OFZ Istebné, Slovakia, 6 days Přichystal A. Project IGCP/UNESCO No. 442, coordinator for Czech Republic. Přichystal A. Coordinator of the CEEPUS Programme CZ 101 at the Fac of Sci. MU Slobodník M. Cooperation within project: Sediment-hosted Zn-Pb ore deposits (coordinator Prof. Muchez, Kath. Univ. Leuven) part of the Western Europe project GEODE. STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD Kvítková L.: University of Krakow, Poland, September 2001 (one month stay CEEPUS project) Richterová D.: University of Wroclaw, Poland, September 2001 (one month stay CEEPUS project) Zachovalová K: University of Salzburg, Austria, April 2001 (one month stay CEEPUS project) OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Brzobohatý R.: Vice-dean of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, member of the Scientific Council of the Masaryk University and Faculty of Science, member of the State geological service council of the Czech Republic, reviewer of Quaternary international (Bari), Bolletino della Societa Paleontologia Italiana, member of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft, member of the Commission for the defence of the DrSc. theses in geological sciences of CR, member of the editorial board of the Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masaryk. Brunensis, PhD. theses supervisor. Hladilová Š.: member of the Organizing Committee of the 13th Conference on Upper Tertiary with international attendance, April 19-20, 2001, Brno, editor of the conference paper, member of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft and Paleontological Society, reviewer of Geological Research in Moravia and Silesia, member of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Science Masaryk University, guarantor of the study programmes (geology), member of the of the Subject commission for the Ph.D. study of geological sciences of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University Kalvoda J.: member of the Pander Society, member of the Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy (IUGS - UNESCO), member of the Earth Sciences Subcommision 205 of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GAČR), member of the Natural Sciences Commision of GAČR, member of the Scientific Board of the Czech Geological Survey, PhD. theses supervisor.

15 Melichar R.: member of the Czech Tectonic Studies Group Council, redactor of the journal Natural Historical Studies of the Museum of the Prostějov Area. Musil R.: leader of the Organizing Committee of the Discussion Club of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, member of the International Commission of the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO), member of the Stratigraphic Commission of the Czech Republic, member of the National Commission INQUA, editor of the Folia Historica (Fac.of Sci. MU), PhD. theses supervisor. Pelikán V.: member of the commission for awarding of scientific degrees at the Technical University Bratislava and at the Technical University Brno, compilation of the Information system of the mineral water (localities Luhačovice, Teplice nad Bečvou, Slatinice, Karlova Studánka), expert reviewer in hydrogeology, PhD. theses supervisor. Přichystal A.: Vicechairman of the Czech National Geological Committee, representant of the Czech Republic in the Commission for magmatism in CBGA, member of the editorial board of the Czech Geological Survey Prague, member of the editorial board of the Geologia Sudetica (Warszawa-Wroclaw), reviewer and editor of the publication Geological research in Moravia and Silesia, reviewer and editor of the publication Ve službách archeologie III, reviewer of the Geologica Carpathica and Slovak Geological Magazine, president of the Subject commission for the Ph.D. study of geological sciences of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, member of the International Commission of the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO, Union of Geological Sciences - IUGS), member of the scientific board of the Fac. of Sci. of Palacký University Olomouc, PhD. theses supervisor Slobodník M.: department contact person for the communication with the Mining Union, consultant of the Agency for nature and landscape protection CR, Brno.

16 Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry TEACHING AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES The activities of the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry were focused above all the educational tasks on solution of objectives issuing from participation in grant projects and international cooperation in In the scientific research field, the forefront interest of the department lay in: the Project CEZ J07/98: Geological processes and their environmental impact contact of Variscides and Alpides (Z. Losos, M Novák, M. Suk, J. Zeman,); Project CEZ J07/98: Structuralfunctional relationships of biomolecules and their role in metabolism (J. Zeman); the International Geological Correlation Program No. 405 ( Anthropogenic Impact of Weathering Processes - leaders P. Sulovský, J. Zeman) and in the cooperation with universities and other scientific institutions in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and USA. The latter expressed itself above all by publications and organization of joint field excursions. The members of the department have also participated in several grant projects bestowed by the Grant Agency of Czech Republic, Grant Agency of the Ministry of Environment, Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic and Grant Agency of the Ministry of Culture. The research on the Department was focused on several fields. The strong interest was concentrated on geochemical, mineralogical and petrological research of weathering processes - both by laboratory experiments and field-testing. The former involved test modeling of dissolution of silicates (J. Faimon) and carbonates (J. Zeman) and precipitation of dissolved species, the latter included monitoring of processes leading to destruction of architectural artefacts, mortars (M. Gregerová) and natural monuments - caves (M. Gregerová, J. Zeman, J. Štelcl, J. Faimon) including speleotherapy (J. Štelcl, J. Faimon). Especially on environmental problems are focused research topics as long term water-rock-atmosphere interaction, surface geochemical processes modeling, sorption and desorption of heavy metals on rock and minerals, environmental impact of geological processes and human activity, partly solved within Project of Ministry of Environment VaV/630/3/00: Ecological and geological (Ecogeological) research of pollutant migration in cooperation wit Czech Geological Survey in Brno (J. Zeman). The research in mineralogy and petrology was focused particularly on rocks and minerals occurring on the territory of the Bohemian Massif and West-Carpathians: ore occurrences in the Jeseníky Mts. - B. Fojt, V. Vávra, Z. Losos; mineral assemblages in rocks of the Žulová massif - Z. Losos and of the Třebíč durbachite massif P. Sulovský, V. Vávra; minerals of granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubicum - M. Novák, J. Staněk; leucocratic granitic rocks with tourmaline and dumortierite - M. Novák; mafic and ultramafic rocks from the eastern part of the Bohemian massif - M. Suk; clastic sediments of the Drahany Hights J. Kotková, M. Novák, P. Sulovský; uranium mineralization - P. Sulovský and environmental consequences of its mining - J. Zeman. Much of our work was supported by the instrumentation available at the department e.g., X-ray diffractometer, electron microprobe (EDS, WDS), optical microscopy laboratory, chemical laboratory with the new AAS instrument Pye Unicam and their background - excellent sample preparation laboratory. The library of department obtains an outstanding donation of dr. E. Slánsky from the University of the New South Wales, Sydney. The department has also been responsible for the popularization of science, especially in cooperation with the Moravian Museum, Brno and by contributions to the journals for mineral collectors - Mineral, issued in Brno, Bulletin of Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Prague and organizing field trip in cooperation with the Czech Geological Survey. The long-lasting collaboration with geological organizations and other institutions, based in particular on laboratory instrumentation of the department and external education, has found an important place among the activities of the department. STRUCTURE OF PERSONNEL Head: Milan Novák (Prof., RNDr. CSc. ) Professors: Bohuslav Fojt (RNDr., CSc., part-time) Josef Staněk (RNDr., CSc., part-time) Miloš Suk (RNDr., D.Sc., part-time) Associate Professors: Miroslava Gregerová (RNDr., CSc.) Zdeněk Losos (RNDr., CSc.) Josef Zeman (RNDr., CSc.) Assistant Professors: Jiří Faimon (Ing., Dr.) Jana Kotková (RNDr., CSc.) Jindřich Štelcl (RNDr., CSc.) Alice Tomášková (Mgr., Ph.D., part-time) Václav Vávra (RNDr., Ph.D.) Research Assistants: Jaroslav Reif (RNDr., Ph.D.) Petr Sulovský (RNDr., Ph.D) Technicians: Pavel Kadlec Josef Pícha (part-time) Jiří Povolný Ilona Zavadilová Secretary: Běla Hrbková