Geophysical Institute of the ASCR
Geophysical Institute of the ASCR
Geophysical Institute of the ASCR
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Scientific Departments <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Geophysical</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
Department<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Geo<strong>the</strong>rmics<br />
3 researchers<br />
1 PhD student<br />
2 technicians<br />
Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Geomagnetism<br />
8 researchers<br />
1 PhD student<br />
11 technicians<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Tectonics<br />
and Geodynamics<br />
10 researchers<br />
3 technicians<br />
Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Geoelectricity<br />
8 researchers<br />
1 technician<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Seismology<br />
18 researchers<br />
3 technicians<br />
2 PhD students<br />
Basic research areas<br />
• Experimental and <strong>the</strong>oretical investigations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> temperature field <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Earth’s crust and upper mantle, temperature logging in boreholes<br />
• Experimental studies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>rmo-physical properties <strong>of</strong> crustal rocks,<br />
<strong>the</strong>rmal conductivity and diffusivity and radiogenic heat production<br />
• Instruments for geo<strong>the</strong>rmal research, portable <strong>the</strong>rmometers for borehole<br />
logging and systems for a long-term temperature monitoring<br />
• Reconstruction <strong>of</strong> climatic changes from temperature-depth pr<strong>of</strong>iles in deep<br />
boreholes<br />
• Research into <strong>the</strong> air, ground and bedrock temperature coupling and into <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>rmal regime within <strong>the</strong> soil and <strong>the</strong> underlying bedrock.<br />
• Observations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Earth’s magnetic field<br />
• Field measurements <strong>of</strong> secular variations<br />
• Geodynamo modelling<br />
• Space wea<strong>the</strong>r studies<br />
• Effect <strong>of</strong> solar and geomagnetic activites on climatic changes<br />
• Rock and environmental magnetism<br />
• Gravity measurements and interpretations for engineering geology,<br />
environment, archaeology and geodynamic investigations<br />
• Recording, processing and analysis <strong>of</strong> tidal data from observatories Lazec and<br />
Jezeří<br />
• Stratigraphic analysis <strong>of</strong> sedimentary basins using geological and geophysical<br />
data, physical sedimentology <strong>of</strong> clastic depositional systems<br />
• Sea-level fluctuations, palaeoclimate and global change<br />
• Post-orogenic tectonic evolution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bohemian Massif<br />
• Laboratory studies in elastic rock anisotropy<br />
• Analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> seismicity pattern at convergent plate margins<br />
• Investigations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> crustal and upper mantle electrical conductivity<br />
• Theoretical and methodological research <strong>of</strong> electromagnetic fields and <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
numerical modelling<br />
• Research <strong>of</strong> external geoelectro-magnetic fields<br />
• Investigations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> solar-terrestrial relations<br />
• Operating <strong>the</strong> regional network <strong>of</strong> broadband seismological stations<br />
• Monitoring and interpreting <strong>the</strong> local seismicity in West Bohemia<br />
• Study <strong>of</strong> deep geological structures down to <strong>the</strong> mantle litosphere<br />
• Theoretical research on seismic waves generation and propagation in complex<br />
structures<br />
• Study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Earth’s crust by using active seismic experiments<br />
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