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September 5, 2019
We cordially invite you to the lecture A Look into the Tertiary, which will take place on September 5, 2019, at 5 PM at the Regional Museum and Gallery in Most, p.o., Čsl. Armády 1360.
Speaker: Ing. Karel Mach, Ph.D. – Head of the Measurement and Geology Department of Severočeské doly, a.s.
Lecture topic: What do the Tertiary swamps in Bohemia and the current swamps in the southeastern USA and China have in common.
Karel Mach is at the Bílina mine. He has long been interested in the sedimentary fill of coal basins in the Podkrušnohoří region. His interest has also expanded to a closer understanding of the vegetation and environment of Tertiary swamps. This has led him to study the ecosystems of the Tertiary environment in Podkrušnohoří. The information obtained from long-term documentation and findings of plant and animal fossils contributes to gaining an image of what the Podkrušnohoří area looked like during the Tertiary. Information from long-term research has also contributed to the successful reconstruction of the Tertiary landscape and its individual biotopes. It appears that in the areas of the Podkrušnohoří coal basins, the climate, vegetation, and animals were very similar to some areas of the present-day Earth. Particularly in some parts of the southeastern states of the USA and China (Fujian, Hainan), the conditions were essentially identical to those that prevailed in Bohemia 25 to 16 million years ago. Karel Mach visited swamps in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia in 2016. He will lecture about his findings.
Photo:
title: Banks Lake Swamp, Georgia, USA, 2016, photo by Karel Mach
leaf of the palm Sabal lamanonis - Lamanon's sabal, 48cm, Bílina mine, photo archive OMGM
leaf of the plant Pungiphyllum cruciatum - cross-leaved thistle, 6cm, Bílina mine, photo archive OMGM