PhD. thesis - Univerzita Karlova

Acknowledgements
Al though a PhD the sis is of fi cially a work of one per son, it stems from dis cus sions,
ex changes of ideas and ex pe ri ences col lected dur ing the course of a the sis. I would like to
thank the In sti tute of Pe trol ogy and Struc tural Ge ol ogy for pro vid ing a stim u lat ing en vi ron ment,
re sources and fund ing for my re search assistantship through out this PhD.
There are many peo ple to thank for their sup port and en cour age ment, without whom
this thesis would have been impossible, improbable, and/or impoverished.
Firstly spe cial thanks to my su per vi sor, Prof. Karel Schulmann, whose en thu si as tic cry
of ‘Any Prog ress’ will haunt me for the rest of my days - his un quench able cu ri os ity and love for
the sub ject are prob a bly the most valu able les sons I have learned from this PhD, and his
con tin uous sup port and en cour age ment have kept me go ing over the last six or so years.
Thanks also to the many col leagues I’ve worked with, par tic u larly Pavla, Lenka,
Zdeněk, Kony, Stano, Láďa and oth ers - whose sug ges tions and/or guid ance were al ways
much ap pre ci ated.
Next there are all the friends I’ve made, the list is too long to men tion but their
friend ship, drink ing or sing ing skills helped to make my stay in Prague a re ally happy one.
Much ap pre ci a tion goes to my Mom and Dad and the rest of my fam ily, who have been
great over the years and never raised an eye brow when I claimed my the sis would be fin ished
in the “next two weeks” for cou ple of years…
Last, but cer tainly not least, I thank my girl friend, Markéta, whose love gave me the
strength and en cour age ment to fol low the path that I felt was right, and whose pa tience al lowed
me the free dom to com plete the task. This PhD. is lov ingly ded i cated to her.
A big, big THANK YOU to all of you.