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Dr. Vladislav Babuška (April12, 1937 – March 30, 2021)
On Monday of the Holy Week, 30 March 2021, our colleague Vladislav Babuška passed away. He spent more than 50 years in the seismology department of the Institute of Geophysics. He was a leading personality highly recognized in both domestic and international community...
Lecture by Michael Warsitzka at Albertov – March 26
We invite you to a lecture New concepts of salt tectonics in rift basins - Insights from analog modeling and seismic interpretation by our colleague Michael Warsitzka, which will be held March 24, 2021 in English and online at the link:...
Moderate earthquakes in Iceland
On Wednesday 24th February at 10:05 UTC the Reykjanes Peninsula (south-west Iceland) was hit by moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.7 (according to Icelandic Met Office – IMO) accompanied by a series of hundreds to thousands weaker earthquakes. Nine earthquakes were...
The songs of fin whales open new avenue for seismic studies of the shallow oceanic crust
The songs of fin whales can be used for seismic imaging of the oceanic crust, providing scientists a novel alternative to conventional surveying, a new study published this week in Science shows. The study’s lead author is Vaclav Kuna, who worked on the project as a...