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František Hrouda

František Hrouda

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Earth Science
Czechia
2025

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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
7769
World Ranking
7062
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

František Hrouda is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, geophysical and geoelectrical methods, and geological and geochemical analysis. Additional topics addressed in their work include geology and paleoclimatology research, iron oxide chemistry and applications, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and marine and environmental studies.

Their publication record includes contributions to numerous academic journals with multiple articles in key venues such as the Journal of Structural Geology, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, and Geophysical Journal International. Other notable publication venues include Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica and Geosciences.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hrouda demonstrate a consistent research focus on anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and related phenomena. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Anisotropy of Out-of-Phase Magnetic Susceptibility and Its Potential for Rock Fabric Studies: A Review" (2022), Geosciences
  • "Anisotropy of out-of-phase magnetic susceptibility as a potential tool for distinguishing geologically and physically controlled inverse magnetic fabrics in volcanic dykes" (2020), Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • "Response of foraminiferal assemblages to precession-paced environmental variation in a mid-latitude seaway: Late Turonian greenhouse of Central Europe" (2021), Marine Micropaleontology
  • "On the origin of apparently negative minimum susceptibility of hematite single crystals calculated from low-field anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility" (2020), Geophysical Journal International
  • "Lattice preferred orientation of graphite determined by the anisotropy of out-of-phase magnetic susceptibility" (2021), Journal of Structural Geology

Frequent co-authors indicate collaborative relationships with other researchers in the field, including:

  • Josef Ježek
  • Martin Chadima
  • Jan Franěk
  • Markéta Chroustová
  • Katarı́na Holcová

The main subfields of study associated with Hrouda's work are molecular biology and geophysics, complemented by research contributions in atmospheric science, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and paleontology. These interdisciplinary interests suggest an integration of geological and biological sciences within their research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • The magnetic anisotropy of rocks

    D. H. Tarling;František Hrouda

  • Magnetic anisotropy of rocks and its application in geology and geophysics

    František Hrouda

  • A technique for the measurement of thermal changes of magnetic susceptibility of weakly magnetic rocks by the CS-2 apparatus and KLY-2 Kappabridge

    František Hrouda

  • Refined technique for susceptibility resolution into ferromagnetic and paramagnetic components based on susceptibility temperature-variation measurement

    František Hrouda;Vit Jelínek;Karel Zapletal

  • Theoretical models of magnetic anisotropy to strain relationship revisited

    František Hrouda

  • Models of frequency-dependent susceptibility of rocks and soils revisited and broadened

    František Hrouda

  • The effect of quartz on the magnetic anisotropy of quartzite

    František Hrouda;A. Kapička

  • The changes in shape of the magnetic susceptibility ellipsoid during progressive metamorphism and deformation

    František Hrouda;František Janák

  • The magnetic fabric relationship between sedimentary and basement nappes in the High Tatra Mountains, N. Slovakia

    František Hrouda;štefan Kahan

  • Resolution of ferrimagnetic and paramagnetic anisotropies in rocks, using combined low-field and high-field measurements

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  • Origin of migmatites by deformation-enhanced melt infiltration of orthogneiss: a new model based on quantitative microstructural analysis

    P. Hasalová;K. Schulmann;O. Lexa;P. Štípská

  • Magnetostratigraphy susceptibility of the Přı́dolian–Lochkovian (Silurian–Devonian) GSSP (Klonk, Czech Republic) and a coeval sequence in Anti-Atlas Morocco

    R.E Crick;B.B Ellwood;J Hladil;A El Hassani

  • Indices for Numerical Characterization of the Alteration Processes of Magnetic Minerals Taking Place During Investigation of Temperature Variation of Magnetic Susceptibility

    František Hrouda

  • Low‐field variation of magnetic susceptibility and its effect on the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of rocks

    František Hrouda

  • Multiple magmatic fabrics in the Sázava pluton (Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic): a result of superposition of wrench-dominated regional transpression on final emplacement

    Jiří Žák;Karel Schulmann;František Hrouda

  • Symposia on magnetic fabrics: introductory comments

    Brooks B. Ellwood;František Hrouda;Jean-Jacques Wagner

  • Low-field variation of magnetic susceptibility as a tool for magnetic mineralogy of rocks

    František Hrouda;Marta Chlupáčová;Štěpánka Mrázová

  • Siderite formation in anoxic deep-sea sediments: A synergetic bacteria controlled process with improtant implications in paleomagnetism

    Brooks B. Ellwood;Thomas H. Chrzanowski;Frantisek Hrouda;Gary J. Long

  • Mathematical model relationship between the paramagnetic anisotropy and strain in slates

    FrantiŠek Hrouda

  • Models of magnetic anisotropy variations in sedimentary thrust sheets

    FrantiŠek Hrouda

  • Problems in interpreting AMS parameters in diamagnetic rocks

    František Hrouda

Frequent Co-Authors

Karel Schulmann
Karel Schulmann University of Strasbourg
Shah Wali Faryad
Shah Wali Faryad Charles University
Ondrej Lexa
Ondrej Lexa Charles University
Brooks B. Ellwood
Brooks B. Ellwood Louisiana State University
Sandra Piazolo
Sandra Piazolo University of Leeds
Pavla Štípská
Pavla Štípská University of Strasbourg
Stuart Gilder
Stuart Gilder Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jean-Bernard Edel
Jean-Bernard Edel University of Strasbourg
Ann M. Hirt
Ann M. Hirt ETH Zurich
Graham J. Borradaile
Graham J. Borradaile Lakehead University

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