A kick-off meeting of the 16-member consortium of the new European project SEMACRET funded by Horizon Europe program (2022-2024) took place at the Oulu Mining School in Finland on 7th and 8th June 2022.
Current events
On 21 February 2022, the CO2GeoNet Association, with Czech Geological Survey as an active member on board, organised a webinar dedicated to introduction of its report ´State of Play on CO2 Geological Storage in 32 European Countries´.
Czech geological survey (CGS), Geological survey of Norway (NGU) and EuroGeoSurveys - Urban geology expert group (UGEG) produced educational animated video promoting urban geology and role of geological surveys in subsurface planning in cities.
A special issue of Journal of Geosciences From experimental mineralogy and crystallography to mineral deposit: a tribute to Milan Drábek, containing a number of papers related to his field of studies, is available online.
The final expedition to Georgia within the international project Georgia 2021 took place in November.
3D geological models of the HLW deep repository potential localities ETE-Jih (J. Jelínek et al., 2020) and Hrádek (Z. Bukovská, 2020) are now publicly accessible through the overview map on the web page 3D geological models .
Globally, the frequency and intensity of natural disasters is increasing due to climate change. October 13 was International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
A new geological 3D model for planning of Czech part of the Erzgebirge railway tunnel has been added to the overview map on the web page 3D geological models .
CGS participates in Hystories – a European project focusing on hydrogen storage in porous geological structures, namely in depleted hydrocarbon fields and aquifers.
Project coordinator Vit Hladik presented the CO2-SPICER project at the international TCCS-11 conference (11th Trondheim Conference on CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage).
During March and April 2021, the CGS metadata team (Dana Čápová, Pavla Kramolišová and Olga Moravcová), supported by colleagues from GSI (James Trench and Trevor Alcorn) prepared sets of training videos.
The Czech Geological Survey has issued a press release reporting about implementation of the Czech-Norwegian project CO2– SPICER (CO2 Storage Pilot In a CarbonatE Reservoir).
The Bohemian Massif is a key area for understanding of the process of the Tibetan-Himalayan-type continental collision, and it is also one of the best-studied areas in the world.
An article explaining metamorphic microdiamond formation in the world was published in the prestigious journal Scientific Reports. The paper was authored by the CGS specialist Jana Kotková.
A new geological 3D model for planning of the Střešovice railway tunnel in Prague 6 (J. Franěk et al. 2020) has been added to the overview map on the web page 3D geological models .
The Czech Geological Survey has prepared a leaflet informing about main aims and activities of the CO2-SPICER project, in both Czech and English versions.
On 5 March 2021, the Czech Geological Survey organized the conference Czech-Norwegian Cooperation on CCS, focused on the CO2 capture and storage technology.
CGS is the main organizer of the online conference titled “Czech-Norwegian Cooperation on CCS”, which will be held on 5 March 2021, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
In the overview map on the http://www.geology.cz/extranet-eng/science/earths-crust/3d page, a new conceptual 3D geological model of the Rožná uranium deposit (J.
CzechIndustry, the magazine for Czech industry, trade, transport, and construction, has published an interview with Zdeněk Venera, Director of the Czech Geological Survey (CGS), and Kryštof Verner, Principal Investigator for CGS development...