CLR person interests, research and publications
Researcher

Research interests
- Linking metamorphism with structural development/metamorphism in context of orogens
- Metamorphism in the context of orogens Methods for constraining the P-T evolution of metamorphic rocks
- The interpretation of reaction textures in metamorphic rocks Partial melting of crustal rocks
Research projects
The granulite-gneiss extrusions in the Bohemian Massif are interpreted as parts of the lower plate, subducted, relaminated below the upper plate and exhumed as kilometre-scale translithospheric diapirs through upper plate. Because dominated by metagranites, it is repeatedly stated that they originated from continent subduction. Many studies were dedicated to their tectono-metamorphic Variscan evolution. Almost missing are studies trying to understand their paleo-environment that allowed such unprecedented travel of rocks through mantle.
The aim of this project is to carry out large-scale investigations of mechanisms and processes related to crustal thickening and formation of thick crustal root of large hot orogens exemplified by the Bohemian Massif. Our recent studies in Bohemian Massif showed that the formation of thickened continental crust was related to massive relamination of lower plate felsic crust followed by crustal thickening.
Selected segments of Euroasian orogenic system are used to constrain relative contribution of contrasting processes of continental construction in collisional and accretionary orogenic systems. Principal objectives of the proposal are: (i) identification of the individual terranes, kinematic analysis of their movements and characterization of deformation style connected with their amalgamation; (ii) estimation of net crustal growth vs. recycling of preexistent crustal material.
We aim to study and compare various aspects that are related to exhumation of deeply buried felsic rocks that form now Devonian and Carboniferous granulite-migmatite domes in the Variscan belt and contributed thus to large-scale crustal differentiation. The role of melting on the rheological weakening of the rocks is known for a long time, but differences of the melting processes of metasedimentary rocks and granitoid rocks, with respect to fluid-present, dehydration and fluid-fluxed melting and relation to the P-T path of the rocks are rarely studied simultaneously.