Mgr. Karel Martínek, Ph.D.

Phone: +420 221951464  
Office: P16 C
E-mail: karelnatur.cuni.cz

Professional Experience

Education

Research Interests

• Sedimentology of continental deposits
• Palaeoclimatology, palaeohydrology and palaeoecology of ancient lacustrine systems
• Physical stratigraphy, climate and tectonics of Upper Paleozoic and Tertiary continental basins
• Geoinformation systems and remote sensing in geology
• Tectonic geomorphology
• Hyperspectral sensing

Teaching

• Introduction to sedimentary petrology
• Advanced sedimentary petrology
• Microscopy of sedimentary rocks
• Geology of sedimentary basins
• GIS and remote sensing in geology
• Computer processing of geoscience data
• Sedimentary geology field course

Professional Affiliation

IAS – International Association of Sedimentologists

IAL – International Association of Limnogeologists

AAPG European Region Conference Organizing Committee member (2004, Prague)

Selected Publications

Jirásek, J., Sedláčková, L., Sivek, M., Martínek, K., Jureczka, J., (2013): Castle Conglomerate Unit of the Upper Silesian Basin (Czech Republic and Poland): a record of the onset of Late Mississippian C2 glaciation? Bulletin of Geosciences, 88, 4. IF 1.14. DOI 10.3140/bull.geosci.1364.

Jirásek, J., Hýlová, L., Sivek, M., Jureczka, J., Martínek, K., Sýkorová, I., Schmitz, M. (2013): The Main Ostrava Whetstone: Composition, sedimentary processes, palaeogeography and geochronology of a major Mississippian volcaniclastic unit of the Upper Silesian Basin (Poland and Czech Republic). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 102, 4, pp 989-1006. IF 2.342. DOI 10.1007/s00531-012-0853-5

Pešek J. and Martínek K. (2012): Observations concerning the thickness of rocks eroded between the Cambrian and Bolsovian (=Westphalian C) in Central and Western Bohemia. Folia Mus. Rer. Natur. Bohem. Occid., Plzen, vol. 46, No. 1 – 2, p. 1 - 14.

Pasava, J, Frimmel, H, Taiyi, L, Koubova, M, Martinek, K (2010): EXTREME PGE CONCENTRATIONS IN LOWER CAMBRIAN ACID TUFF LAYER FROM THE KUNYANG PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT, YUNNAN PROVINCE, SOUTH CHINA-POSSIBLE PGE SOURCE FOR LOWER CAMBRIAN Mo-Ni-POLYELEMENT ORE BEDS. Economic Geology, 105, 6, pp. 1047-1056. IF 2.021. DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1047.

Martínek K. and Štolfová K. (2009): Provenance study of Permian-Triassic non-marine sandstones and conglomerates of the Krkonoše Piedmont Basin (Czech republic): exotic marine limestone pebbles, heavy minerals and garnet mineralogy. Bulletin of Geosciences, 84, 3,  pp. 555-568. IF 0.983. IDS Number: 493QA. ISSN: 1214-1119. DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1064. UT  ISI: 000269751000008.

Šimůnek Z., Martínek K. (2009): A study of Late Carboniferous and Early Permian plant assemblages from the Boskovice Basin, Czech Republic. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 155, 3-4, 275 – 307. IF 1.226. IDS Number: 456JJ. ISSN: 0034-6667. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.05.006. UT  ISI: 000266841200010.

Mikuláš R and Martínek K. (2006): Ichnology of the non-marine deposits of the Boskovice Basin (Carboniferous-Permian, Czech Republic). Bulletin of Geosciences, 81, 1, pp. 81-91.

Martínek K., Blecha M., Daněk V., Franců J., Hladíková J., Johnová R. and Uličný D. (2006): Record of palaeoenvironmental changes in a Lower Permian organic-rich lacustrine succession: Integrated sedimentological and geochemical study of the Rudník member, Krkonoše Piedmont Basin, Czech Republic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 230, 1-2 , pp. 85-128. IF 1.974

Pešek J., Bencko V., Sýkorová I., Vašíček M., Martínek K. (2005): Some trace elements in coal of the Czech Republic, environment and health protection implications. Centr Eur J Publ Health, 13, 3, 153-158.

Opluštil S., Martínek K., Tasáryová Z. (2005): Facies and architectural analysis of fluvial deposits of the Nýřany Member and the Týnec Formation (Westphalian D – Barruelian) in the Kladno-Rakovník and Pilsen basins. Bulletin of Geosciences, Vol. 80, No. 1, 45-66

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