Structural and petrological investigations of magmatic complexes are carried out across the Czech Republic in order to determine the patterns of distribution and mechanisms of emplacement of different types of plutonic rock. The aim is to reconstruct the sequence of geodynamic and thermal events that governed magmatic processes during the Cambro-Ordovician, and to understand how the intrusive complexes took shape. Experimental studies of thermal loading in the granodiorite intrusion at Mokrsko and detailed structural mapping and geotechnical monitoring of the water-supply tunnel near Bedřichov in the Izera Mountain, together with structural research on the Melechov granite massif, are examples of research into the long-term behavior of granitoid rocks so that numerical models of the stability of the rock environment can be developed. This has direct strategic applications in the construction of underground facilities e.g. repositories for radioactive waste, gas and CO2 reservoirs and geothermal energy.
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