Petr Štorch has been elected as a chairman of the International Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy

Members of the Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy in the Kosov near Beroun quarry. The Upper Silurian limestones of the Kopanina Formation in the background.ence kopaninského souvrství svrchního siluru.

RNDr. Petr Štorch, DrSc. from the Institute of Geology CAS has been elected as a new chairman of the International Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy ICS, IUGS. He will take the helm for next four years (2016-2020) after 35th International Geological Congress to be held in Cape Town, South Africa in August 2016.