Post-conference field trip Late Palaeozoic in Moravia, eastern part of Czech Republic

Co-leaders: Stepan Rak, Tomas Lehotsky, Olda Fatka, Petr Budil

Preliminary Programme

5^th July – Abyss Macocha and the Punkva River Day: SPECTACULAR MACOCHA ABYSS (near Blansko in Moravia)

Morning: Visit of the famous Macocha Abyss (http://www.moravskykras.net/en/macocha-abyss.html). Boat-trip on the Punkva River, Macocha Abyss from the tourist lookout point. Discussion of geology of the area.

6^th July - The Mokra Quarry near Brno Day: UPPER DEVONIAN AND LOWER CARBONIFEROUS FOSSILS

Morning: Visit of the large active Mokrá Quarry near Brno. Excursion and introduction into tectonics, stratigraphy as well as the paleontology. Main stops will be devoted to the:

• Tectonics of the Mokrá Quarry, its stratigraphy and fossiliferous shales of the Březina Formation with common remains of Liobole, Archegonus (Archegonus), Semiproetus and rare Bollandia.
• The Tournaisian – Viséan beds in situ.

Afternoon: The barbecue party in hotel (Sloup in Moravian Karst, see http://www.staraskola.cz/en/).

7^th July - Stinava and Prostejov Day: STINAVA LOCALITY and PROSTEJOV MUSEUM)

Morning: The visit of the well-known locality Stínava. The stop will be focused mainly on the palaeoecology and taphonomy of the Stínava-Chabičov Formation with rich findings of deformed (anchi-metamorphosed) Lower to Middle Devonian trilobites, brachiopods, cephalopods and other diverse fauna.

Afternoon: Visit of the Prostějov Museum with nice exhibition of geology of the entire area (including famous locality Čelechovice na Hané). Comments to the geological and paleontological research in Moravian Lower Palaeozoic will be presented.

8^th July - Return to the Prague

Accommodation

Three nights in Sloup (probably hotel Sloup in Moravian Karst, see http://www.staraskola.cz/en/ are included in the excursion fee)

Payment

Payment of fees must be made by International Money Transfer before April 30^th, 2012.

The money transfer information (Account name, number, IBAN, SWIFT, etc.) will be available after February 15th, 2012.

Prize of the excursion: 300 Euro

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