The study (MS, diploma thesis) is based on more than 1500 rudist samples from the Upper Cretaceous sediments of localities Písečný vrch and Na Stínadlech (near Teplice). Investigated samples come mainly from the collection of A. H. Fassel and were collected at the end of the 19th century, currently stored in the Regional museum in Teplice and National museum in Prague. The rudist shells were determined by generic and species levels, including five genera and eight species. The stratigraphic age of both localities has been a subject of discussion since the second half of the 19th century. In the recent decades, the opinion on the lower turonian age prevailed. However, five of the eight species present in the studied localities demonstrate the upper cenomanian age of the assemblages, making them probably the oldest known rudist-corals assemblages of its kind. The palaeoecological analysis and the ecological relationships proposal for the studied localities is based on the research in literature on palaeoecology and evolution of the rudists, also presented in the study. Key words: Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Cenomanian - Turonian, rudists, corals, palaeoenvironment, Teplice rhyolite

Better understanding of pyroclastic density current (PDC) dynamics is one of the key volcanological focuses, as PDCs represent one of the most life-threatening volcanic hazards. PDCs associated with explosive collapse calderas are difficult to observe and examine directly, and thus research of internal architecture of calderas and their PDC deposits is focused on extinct and partly eroded volcano-plutonic systems. Such a case is the Late-Carboniferous Altenberg-Teplice caldera in NW Bohemian Massif, which exposes a large body of ignimbrites (deposits of the PDC) called Teplice rhyolite (an intra-caldera fill). This body is well exposed on the southern flank of the Krušné hory/Erzgebirge Mts., mainly its members: Teichweg, Lugstein-Pramenáč, Vlčí kámen-Medvědí vrch and Přední Cínovec. As these ignimbrites appear macroscopically isotropic, I employed the Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) in order to quantify their internal structure. A total of 1232 specimens from 63 sampling stations were analyzed for the AMS, complemented by susceptibility vs. temperature variations and petrographic observations. Obtained AMS data, carried by a mixture of paramagnetic ferrosilicates and low-Ti titanomagnetite, indicate various processes recorded in ignimbrites. The relatively oldest and moderately welded Teichweg...

Better understanding of pyroclastic density current (PDC) dynamics is one of the key volcanological focuses, as PDCs represent one of the most life-threatening volcanic hazards. PDCs associated with explosive collapse calderas are difficult to observe and examine directly, and thus research of internal architecture of calderas and their PDC deposits is focused on extinct and partly eroded volcano-plutonic systems. Such a case is the Late-Carboniferous Altenberg-Teplice caldera in NW Bohemian Massif, which exposes a large body of ignimbrites (deposits of the PDC) called Teplice rhyolite (an intra-caldera fill). This body is well exposed on the southern flank of the Krušné hory/Erzgebirge Mts., mainly its members: Teichweg, Lugstein-Pramenáč, Vlčí kámen-Medvědí vrch and Přední Cínovec. As these ignimbrites appear macroscopically isotropic, I employed the Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) in order to quantify their internal structure. A total of 1232 specimens from 63 sampling stations were analyzed for the AMS, complemented by susceptibility vs. temperature variations and petrographic observations. Obtained AMS data, carried by a mixture of paramagnetic ferrosilicates and low-Ti titanomagnetite, indicate various processes recorded in ignimbrites. The relatively oldest and moderately welded Teichweg...

The Davle Volcanic Complex (DVC) situated in the Teplá-Barrandian unit (TBU) of the Bohemian Massif, is considered as a Neoproterozoic-Cambrian magmatic arc that developed on the northern active margin of Gondwana supercontinent during Cadomian accretionary orogeny. This study combines data obtained from fieldwork, petrography, rock-forming mineral microanalysis, major and trace element analysis, Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic systematics and U-Pb zircon geochronology in order to reveal the petrogenesis and evolution of the DVC. At least three-stage metamorphism including Cadomian seafloor alteration, Variscan regional metamorphism as well as contact metamorphism related to the emplacement of the Central Bohemian Plutonic Complex affected the DVC. The studied rocks follow calc-alkaline trend whereas tholeiitic trend previously reported is rather related to younger magmatic events. The northern part of the DVC is dominated by felsic subvolcanic (plagiogranite), volcanic (dacite- rhyolite) and pyroclastic (dacitic-rhyolitic tuffs and breccias) rocks with a few outcrops of basaltic andesite-andesite pillow lavas documenting the subaqueous activity of the DVC. These rocks are Na-rich, but K-poor, the plagiogranite contains albite most likely primary in origin, and exhibit highly radiogenic εNd values (~ +6 to +11),...