Team Leader: Prokop Závada
Our research
The team combines field geological mapping with scaled physical and numerical modeling of rock deformation to understand the evolution and dynamics of various geodynamic systems. We study the rock deformation mechanisms from the microscale to large-scale structures in the Earth’s crust. This allows us to track the evolution of geological bodies, consider the mass-transfer dynamics and make direct comparisons with geophysical models of studied areas.
- Current projects
- Ductile to brittle rheological transitions in highly crystalline lavas (project CRUSH)
- Mass transfer dynamics in the lithosphere related to folding and melting
- Structure and dynamics of shallow salt sheet intrusions (magnetotellurics, gravity and modeling) – the Tazoult salt wall in Morocco (Project GAČR 24-11150S)
- Magma flow pathways in oblique rift setting of the Reykjanes peninsula (project PROVOKE)
- Magma mingling processes in mushy portions of magmatic plutons
The core facility of the team is the Tectonic modeling laboratory.
Projects:
MŠMT (2026-2029), kód: LUAUS26220 CatastRophical dUctile to brittle Shifts in crystal-ricH magmas (CRUSH), project leader Prokop Závada
GAČR, GA24-11150S (2024 – 2026), Structure and dynamics of shallow salt sheet extrusion investigated by means of magnetotellurics, gravity and analog & numerical modelling, Graham Hill, Prokop Závada, https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/GA24-11150S?query=3s3iaaabfzwa
GAČR, 22-12828S (2022-2024) Perspectives in magnetic fabric interpretation through 3D analysis
GAČR, 20-18647J (2020-2022), Influence of caprock on the growth dynamics of salt diapirs in Iran.
Projects in cooperation with Centre for Lithospheric Research at Czech Geological Survey:
GAČR, EXPRO 19-27682X (2019-2023) Principal mechanism of peripheral continental growth during supercontinent cycle.
GAČR, 19-25035S (2019-2021) Granulite-migmatite domes – insight into the Devonian and Carboniferous development of the Variscan belt.
Project in cooperation with Geological Institute of the CAS
GAČR Junior, 19-02177Y (2019-2021), Magma transfer and emplacement processes in collapsing orogens
People
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Prokop Závada | MSc, PhD |
Researcher (team leader) |
Structural geology, analogue modeling, volcanology, salt tectonics |
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Matěj Machek | MSc, PhD | Researcher | Structural geology, physical properties of rocks, analogue modeling |
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Zuzana Roxerová | MSc, PhD | Researcher | Structural geology, magmatic and mountain building processes |
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Martin Staněk | MSc, PhD | Researcher | Structural geology, rock physical properties |
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Vladimíř Kolář Kusbach | MSc, PhD | Researcher | Structural geology, mountain building processes, physical properties of rocks |
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Ondřej Krýza | MSc, PhD | Researcher | Structural geology, analogue modeling, mountain building processes |
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Anna Vávrová | Student |
Fieldwork in marble quarries of Evora (Portugal), Vladimír K. Kusbach and Matěj Machek
Study of volcanic edifices and dyke exposures on Azory Islands (Zuzana Roxerová)
On the trip to the Zanskar valley in the Himalaya (India), Ondřej Krýza, Prokop Závada
Salt diapirs in southern Iran (Prokop Závada and partners)
Microscopy of rock thin-sections (Martin Staněk)
Preparation of a salt tectonics experiment in the laboratory of tectonic modeling (Sadegh Adineh and Michael Warsitzka)