Moravský kras. Průvodce Josefovským a Křtinským údolím
Published: 2019
Pages: 347
Format: 16 × 23 cm
Binding: paperback
Subject: Geology
ISBN: 978-80-210-8742-2
By the same author
Rudolf Musil
Title in English: Moravian Karst. A guidebook to Josefov valley and Křtiny valley
This interdisciplinary guidebook to the unique area between Adamov in the west and Křtiny in the east highlights points of interest from both the natural and social sciences. The Josefovské and Křtinské valleys are exceptional landscape features; their study helps us better understand the long-term development of the Moravian Karst. The authoritative and engaging text, written by a team of experts, presents the latest research and is complemented by numerous photographs, maps, and tables.
Professor Rudolf Musil is an internationally renowned Quaternary palaeontologist and geologist. His distinguished scientific career has been closely connected with the Moravian Museum and Masaryk University, where he works at the Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science. Over the course of his career, he has specialized in a wide range of disciplines. His research has focused, among other topics, on species evolution and community changes during the Pleistocene; biostratigraphic and ecostratigraphic issues; taphonomy and biostratonomy; migration patterns and the earliest evidence of domestication; the systematics and evolution of the genera Equus and Ursus; paleoecological and paleobiological questions; Quaternary geology; the cave history of the Moravian Karst; nature conservation; and the application of geological sciences in museology.
He is the author of more than three hundred scholarly publications, including seventeen monographs and professional books published in the Czech Republic and in eleven other countries in Europe and the Americas. He has also made a significant contribution to the popularization of science through dozens of magazine articles and his participation in the production of television programmes both in the Czech Republic and abroad.