Pavel Roštínský

• PhD
• scientific worker at The Czech Academy of Sciences: Institute of Geonics

The Rodl-Kaplice-Blanice fault system (RKB) of Variscan shear origin, repeatedly active since the Late Paleozoic to the Recent, is expressed by a number of lithological contacts, distinct geophysical gradients and many landforms. A general trend of the RKB as well as linear configuration of its internal architecture is fairly similar to those of to...

A thin veneers of coarse gravel deposits (clast size up to > 15 cm) are preserved on many summits of the Dyje–Pulkau watershed upland on the Carpathian Foredeep surface near the Bohemian Massif in the area, where the Waitzendorf fault parallels the boundary between both the large geological units. Related rim of the latter unit is there topographic...

This work aims to introduce and test various semiquantitative field methods and environmental magnetic measurements to help prepare future planetary missions on Mars. For analog observations, paleosols of loess successions in various stages of soil development were investigated and were used as models to infer environmental change during environmen...

The geomorphological characteristics of the loess succession at Malá nad Hronom (Slovakia) mean that it provides a valuable opportunity for the investigation of differences in soil formation in various topographic positions. Along with the semiquantitative characterization of the paleosols (on the basis of physical properties, texture, the characte...

Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS) is a rapid, relatively new method in Quaternary research to analyse sediments and paleosols. This method takes into account clay mineral content, amount of Fe-bearing minerals and grain size composition of samples, simultaneously. Different Quaternary sediment samples were chosen forcharacterization and compar...

It is difficult to identify and assess the recently active faults, representing a risk factor for key human activities, in the areas of stable crust with slow tectonic deformation and reduced seismicity. We face the problem in the eastern Bohemian Massif (Central European Variscides) at a contact with the Eastern Alpine – Western Carpathian orogeni...

Geological paths (geopaths, geotrails) represent a type of educational paths that connect sites which are interesting from the Earth-sciences point of view. These sites (e.g. outcrops, old quarries, historical buildings built of local stone or viewpoints) often represent the links between geodiversity and other phenomena within a region (which is i...

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) parameters, such as the redness index and hematite/goethite ratios are popular in the study of loess-paleosol sequences. The suggested parameters, however, have their limitations: only some parts of the whole reflectance spectrum are being used, and the spectra of some important components may be excluded from...

Geodiversity (or abiotic nature) within urban areas has numerous functions and offers various benefits and services. In addition, it has strong links to cultural heritage and historical aspects and it influences and is influenced by urban development and planning. The geodiversity functions and services can be sorted according to the ecosystem serv...

The spatial distribution and basic geomorphological and petrologic properties of Pliocene to Quaternary fluvial gravelly sediments is presented for the lower reaches of the Rokytná river valley in the southern part of the Boskovická brázda half-graben area in the Czech Republic. The occurrences marked in many previous sources were verified in the f...

This paper studies non-indigenous dwarf pine stands in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains, from the perspective of their spatial and genetic relations to slope phenomena of deformation character. The paper contains a typology of regional slope deformations, data on their spatial distribution and specific properties, including risk estimates of their origi...

In the location of the defunct village Otěchleby, which is known thanks to written records from 14th and 15th century, vegetation has been found during prospective works. This vegetation defines boundaries of a promontory, where ceramics from the first half of the 13th century have been found. It was a shallow groove, which arose as a result of cul...

The paper presents results of geomorphological research dealing with anthropogenic relief transformations in the historical Jeroným Mine area in the Slavkovský les Mts. The studied relief forms show main stages of social and economic development of the area and allow to determine genetic types of the anthropogenic relief: mining, water management a...

One of the leaved out fault active systems at Southern Moravian can be considered the so called Diendorf - Čebín tectonic zone (DCTZ), that is seismically active in its southern segment (in Austrian). The Waitzendorf fault is a part of the DCTZ, with intensive morphological signs. The terrain recognizance along the eastern margin of the Dyje Dome c...

This paper deals with the basic relief features of the historical Jeroným Mine and its surroundings near the ýistá town (the abandoned destroyed village) in the northwestern part of the Slavkovský les Forest. Attention is concentrated on the impact of human activities as well. Main genetic types of anthropogenic relief transformations are described...

Some new informations on spatial distribution and geomorphological characteristics of landslides in the highest region of the White Carpathians Mts. in relation to local topography and geological conditions are presented, gained through detailed mapping made at a scale of 1 : 10 000. A remarkable structural landscape, reflecting occurrence of vario...

The contribution presents results of the geomorphological inventory research in the central part of the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area. The geomorphological inventory was focused on the topography of 11 natural monuments in the geomorphological sub-unit Žďárské vrchy Hills among Nové město na Moravě, Sněžné and Svratka. The contribution sho...

Exhumed Cenozoic landforms situated on the marginal slope of the Bohemian Massif in the contact area with the Alpine-Carpathian Foredeep in S Moravia (Czech Republic) and N Lower Austria are described. Small elongated crystalline ridges and inselberg-like hills surrounded by Lower Miocene marine clastic deposits are characteristic for the region. T...

The Krumlovský les Forest is an upland within the south-eastern margin of the Bohemian Massif, built of Precambrian / Early Palaeozoic granite. Both major and minor landforms reveal various instances of structural control, exerted by tectonics, lithology and jointing. The morphological boundaries of the upland are fault-controlled and the entire up...