The Micropalaeontology Group of the IGP

Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague

List of publications

Selected publications by members of the group. For complete and up-to-date lists, see the individual profiles below.

Selected publications

  • Caux, H., Scheiner, F., Ackerman, L., Nazik, A., & Holcová, K. (2026). Foraminiferal Nd isotope evidence for Burdigalian–Langhian water mass reorganization in the Adana and Adıyaman basins, Eastern Mediterranean (Türkiye). Global and Planetary Change, 105763.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2026.105763
  • Scheiner, F., Vaňková, L., Svojtka, M., Ackerman, L., Soukalová, K., Slavík, O., & Kubečka, J. (2026). From Rock to Fins: A Multi-Catchment Study of 87Sr/86Sr Transfer Across the Lithosphere–Hydrosphere–Biosphere Interface and Constraints for Broader Application. Applied Geochemistry, 107121.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2026.107121
  • Caux, H., Scheiner, F., Ackerman, L., Zandkarimi, K., & Holcová, K. (2025). Exploring the Indo-Mediterranean connection during the Miocene: Insights from the foraminiferal ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd isotopic data from the Iranian corridor. Global and Planetary Change, 255, 105058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.105058
  • Holcová, K., Havelcová, M., Shaikh, S., Chroustová, M., Šarinová, K., Scheiner, F., … & Milovský, R. (2025). Early Pleistocene fossil seagrass assemblages on Rhodes Island–a proof of allochthonous origin. Continental Shelf Research, 105594.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2025.105594
  • Scheiner, F., Holcová, K., Peryt, D., Ackerman, L., & Peryt, T. M. (2025). ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isotopic records coupled with foraminiferal δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C reveals dynamic oceanographic settings following the Middle Miocene (Badenian) salinity crisis in Central Europe. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 670, 112923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112923
  • Holcová, K., Scheiner, F., Ackerman, L., Milovský, R., Hudáčková, N., Hladilová, Š., Nehyba, S., & Peryt, D. (2024). Reliability of the strontium isotope stratigraphy approach in marginal seas: Insights from the Miocene Paratethys. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 656, 112566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112566
  • Holcová, K., Scheiner, F., Havelcová, M., Kraft, P., Ackerman, L., Tichá, A., Česáková, K., & Milovský, R. (2024). Quaternary floodings in the Zanzibar Channel (NW Indian Ocean, Tanzania) – Identifying palaeoceanographic patterns and palaeoenvironment using a multiproxy study. Marine Geology, 476, 107366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107366
  • Scheiner, F., Ackerman, L., Renčiuková, V., & Holcová, K. (2024). The missing piece – New insights to comprehend enigmatic Miocene palaeoceanography of the Mediterranean Sea using the Nd isotopic record. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 642, 118880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118880
  • Holcová, K., & Scheiner, F. (2023). An experimental study on post-mortem dissolution and overgrowth processes affecting coccolith assemblages: A rapid and complex process. Geobiology, 21(2), 193–209. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12528
  • Scheiner, F., Havelcová, M., Holcová, K., Doláková, N., Nehyba, S., Ackerman, L., Trubač, J., Hladilová, Š., Rejšek, J., & Utescher, T. (2023). Evolution of palaeoclimate, palaeoenvironment and vegetation in Central Europe during the Miocene Climate Optimum. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 611, 111364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111364
  • Vernyhorova, Y. V., Holcová, K., Doláková, N., Reichenbacher, B., Scheiner, F., Ackerman, L., Rejšek, J., De Bortoli, L., Trubač, J., & Utescher, T. (2023). The Miocene Climatic Optimum at the interface of epicontinental sea and large continent: A case study from the Middle Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys. Marine Micropaleontology, 181, 102231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2023.102231
  • Kopecká, J., Holcová, K., Brlek, M., Scheiner, F., Ackerman, L., Rejšek, J., … & Bakrač, K. (2022). A case study of paleoenvironmental interactions during the Miocene Climate Optimum in southwestern Paratethys. Global and Planetary Change, 211, 103784.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103784
  • Nehyba, S., Opletal, V., Holcová, K., Scheiner, F., Ackerman, L., & Rejšek, J. (2022). The return of the Iváň Canyon, a large Neogene canyon in the Alpine-Carpathian Foredeep. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 144, 105808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105808
  • Scheiner, F., Ackerman, L., Holcová, K., Rejšek, J., Vollstaedt, H., Ďurišová, J., & Santolík, V. (2022). New perspectives on the ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd palaeoceanographic tracer on foraminifera: The state-of-the-art frontiers of analytical methods. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(3), e2021GC010201. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010201
  • Holcová, K., Kopecká, J., & Scheiner, F. (2019). An imprint of the Mediterranean middle Miocene circulation pattern in a satellite sea during the Langhian: A case study from the Carpathian Foredeep (Central Paratethys). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 514, 336–348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.10.024
  • Scheiner, F., Holcová, K., Milovský, R., Doláková, N., & Rigová, J. (2019). Response of benthic foraminiferal communities to changes in productivity and watermass conditions in the epicontinental Paratethys during the middle Miocene. Marine Micropaleontology, 151, 101750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.101750
  • Scheiner, F., Holcová, K., Milovský, R., & Kuhnert, H. (2018). Temperature and isotopic composition of seawater in the epicontinental sea (Central Paratethys) during the Middle Miocene Climate Transition based on Mg/Ca, δ18O and δ13C from foraminiferal tests. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 495, 60-71.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.12.027
  • Holcova, K., Scheiner, F., Havelcova, M., Kraft, P., Ackerman, L., Ticha, A., … & Milovský, R. (2024). Quaternary floodings in the Zanzibar Channel (NW Indian Ocean, Tanzania)–Identifying palaeoceanographic patterns and palaeoenvironment using a multiproxy study. Marine Geology, 476, 107366.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107366
  • Tichá, A., Vondrák, D., Moravcová, A., Chiverrell, R., & Kuneš, P. (2023). Climate-related soil saturation and peatland development may have conditioned surface water brownification at a central European lake for millennia. Science of The Total Environment, 858, 159982.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159982
  • Moravcová, A., Tichá, A., Carter, V. A., Vondrák, D., Čtvrtlíková, M., van Leeuwen, J. F., … & Kuneš, P. (2021). Mountain aquatic Isoëtes populations reflect millennial-scale environmental changes in the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem, Central Europe. The Holocene, 31(5), 746-759.https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836209880
  • Tichá, A., Bešta, T., Vondrák, D., Houfková, P., & Jankovská, V. (2019). Nutrient availability affected shallow-lake ecosystem response along the Late-Glacial/Holocene transition. Hydrobiologia, 846(1), 87-108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-04054-7
  • Tichá, A., Buczkó, K., & Houk, V. (2017). Notes to the use of Aulacoseira taxa in the palaeoecological reconstruction of the Bohemian forest lakes. Studia Botanica Hungarica, 48(2), 173-188.https://doi.org/10.17110/StudBot.2017.48.2.173