Fossil wood and its importance in palaeobotanical research: case studies from the area of Central and NW Bohemia
Abstract
The present habilitation thesis picks up the threads of my PhD thesis (Sakala 2004). It is based on 7 scientific papers (Mencl et al. 2013; Gryc et al. 2009; Teodoridis & Sakala 2008; Havelcová et al. 20013; Sakala 2011, 2007; Sakala et al. 2010), which can be found unabridged at the end of the thesis as annexes (Annexes 1-7).
The text of the thesis itself is composed of a general introduction, which characterizes both the field of study (fossil wood) and the area of interest (Central and NW Bohemia), and individual case studies. Similarly to the PhD thesis, there are 5 case studies (examples 1-5), each of them refers either on one (examples 1, 2 and 4: Kladno-Rakovník Basin, Bohemian Cretaceous Basin and České středohoří Mts.), or two papers (examples 3 and 5: Most Basin and Doupovské hory Mts.).
In the text of each example, there are main ideas of the corresponding paper/s with its palaeobotanical and stratigraphical context and three more general aspects, which are related to the fossil wood studies.