Scope of activities
- Tectonic geomorphology and active tectonics
- Paleoseismology (CZ, Spain, Mexico, USA)
- Long-term morphotectonic relief evolution
- Geomorphological mapping
Education:
2001 - I graduated at the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, with master thesis: Control of disjunctive tectonics on Janovický potok Brook Valley and the adjacent part of Sázava River, Czechia).
2007 - PhD. degree in Physical Geography, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (thesis: Morphostructural evolution of north-eastern Rychlebské hory Mts - in Czech)
Professional employment:
2000 - Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dpt. of Engineering Geology,Prague
2015 - Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dpt. of Neotectonics and Thermochronology, Head of department
Research interests:
tectonic geomorphology, active tectonics, paleoseismology (CZ, Spain, Mexico, USA), long-term morphotectonic relief evolution, geomorphological mapping
Foreign experience and residency:
- April-July 2003, residency at the University of Camerino, Italy (Erasmus project); geomorphological field mapping in tectonic intramontane Colfiorito basin
- September 2003, AIQUA 8thSummer School on Quaternary Geology, Aquila,Italy, tectonic basins
- April 2005, European Advanced School on Active Tectonics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy
- November 2005, internship and paleoseismic field work on the Carboneras fault, Almería, Spain, Dpt. de Geodinàmica i Geofísica, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona
- June 2006, Annual International Summer School on Rockslides and Related Phenomena in the Kokomeren River Valley (Kyrgyzstan), focused on large seismically triggered landslides
- January 2008, paleoseismic field work in the Carboneras fault, Almería, Spain, Universitat de Barcelona
- April 2009, paleoseismic field work in the Alhama de Murcía fault, Murcía, Spain
- December 2009, Advanced School on Earthquakes Engineering in Nuclear Facilities, ICTP, Trieste
- January-March 2010, April 2011 internship at San Diego State University, California;field and LiDAR mapping of the Elsinore fault (San Andreas Fault zone); paleoseismic field work on the Imperial fault (SAF)
- March 2011, October 2013 - paleoseismic fieldwork in Acambay fault zone in Central Mexican Volcanic belt, Mexico
- May 2012 - paleoseismic fieldwork in Dead Sea transform fault zone, Israel
Selected papers for last 7 years:
Share, P.-E, Tábořík, P., Štěpančíková, P., Stemberk, J.,Rockwell, T.K., Wade, A., Arrowsmith, J.R., Donnellan, A., Vernon, F.L., Ben-Zion, Y. (2020): Characterizing the uppermost 100 m structure of the San Jacinto fault zone southeast of Anza, California, through joint analysis of geological, topographic, seismic and resistivity data. Geophysical Journal International, Volume 222, Issue 2, 13 May 2020, 781-794.
Balatka B., Kalvoda J., Steklá T., Štěpančíková P. (2019): Morphostratigraphy of river terraces in the Eger valley (Czechia) focused on the Smrčiny Mountains, the Chebská pánev Basin and the Sokolovská pánev Basin. AUC GEOGRAPHICA, Vol 54 No 2 (2019), 240–259.
Ortuño M., Corominas O., Villamor P., Zúñiga R. F, Lacan P., Aguirre-Díaz G., Perea H., Štěpančíková P., Ramírez-Herrera M. T. (2019): Evidence of recent ruptures in the central faults of the Acambay graben (Central Mexico). Geomorphology, 326 (2019) 17–37, DOI:0.1016/j.geomorph.2018.07.010
Štěpančíková P., Fischer T., Stemberk J., Nováková L., HartvichF., Figueiredo M. P. (2019): Active tectonics in the Cheb basin: youngest documented Holocene surface faulting in central Europe? Geomorphology, 327, 15 February 2019, 472-488, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.11.007
Rocwell T. K., Masana E., Sharp W., Štěpančíková P., Ferrater M., Mertz-Kraus R. (2019): Late Quaternary slip-rates for the southern Elsinore fault in the Coyote Mountains, southern California from analysis of alluvial fan provenance, soils, and U-series ages of pedogenic carbonate. Geomorphology, 326 (2019) 68–89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.02.024
Masana E., Moreno X., Gràcia E., Pallàs R., Ortuño M., López R., Gómez-Novell O., Ruano P., Perea H., Stepancikova P., Khazaradze G. (2018): First evidence of paleoearthquakes along the Carboneras Fault Zone (SE Iberian Peninsula): Los Trances site. Geologica Acta, Vol.16, Nº 4, December 2018, 461-476, DOI: 10.1344/GeologicaActa2018.16.4.8
Blecha V., Fischer T., Tábořík P., Vilhem J., Klanica R., Valenta J., Štěpančíková P. (2018): Geophysical evidence of the Eastern Marginal fault of the Cheb Basin (Czech Republic). Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, Volume 62, Issue 4, pp 660–680, DOI 10.1007/s11200-017-0452-9
Špaček P., Valenta J., Tábořík P., Ambrož V., Urban M., Štěpančíková P. (2017): Fault slip versus slope deformations: Experience from paleoseismic trenches in the region with low slip-rate faults and strong Pleistocene periglacial mass wasting (Bohemian Massif). Quaternary International 451, 56-73.
Štěpančíková, P., Stemberk J. jr (2016): Region of the Rychlebské hory Mountains – tectonically controlled landforms and unique landscape of granite inselbergs (Sudetic Mountains). In: Pánek, T., Hradecký, J. Eds.: Landscapes and Landforms of the Czech Republic, Series World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, 263-276, ISBN 978-94-017-8587-7
Rockwell, T.K, J. M. Fletcher, O. J. Teran, A. P. Hernandez, K. J. Mueller, J. B. Salisbury, S. O. Akciz, and P. Štěpančíková (2015): Reassessment of the 1892 Laguna Salada Earthquake: Fault Kinematics and Rupture Patterns. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 105, No. 6, pp. 2885-2893, December 2015, doi: 10.1785/0120140274.
Link to ResearchGate
Link to ASEP database
Educational activity:
- Supervising and consulting of bachelor, master, and PhD theses at Charles University in Prague, University of Ostrava, Masaryk University in Brno;
- Semestral course on Tectonic Geomorphology at Geography at the Masaryk University in Brno since 2012
- Short intense course on Tectonic Geomorphology (2011) at UNAM, Querétaro, Mexico
- Short intense course Tectonic Geomorphology and Paleoseismology (2014, 2015, 2016) Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
Professional membership:
- Czech Association of Geomorphologists (ČAG), 2009-2016 vice-chairman;
- International Quaternary Association (INQUA), International Focus Group “Earthquake Geology and Seismic Hazard” – 2016-2019 co-leader of the IFG;
- TERPRO commission of INQUA, since 2019 until now - vise-president
- Czech Tectonic Group (ČTS); Central European Tectonic Group (CETEG)
- Czech Association of Engineering Geologists (ČAIG);
- International Association for Engineering Geology (IAEG);
- European Geosciences Union (EGU); American Geophysical Union (AGU);
Foreign experience and residency:
- April-July 2003, residency at the University of Camerino, Italy (Erasmus project); geomorphological field mapping in tectonic intramontane Colfiorito basin
- September 2003, AIQUA 8thSummer School on Quaternary Geology, Aquila,Italy, tectonic basins
- April 2005, European Advanced School on Active Tectonics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy
- November 2005, internship and paleoseismic field work on the Carboneras fault, Almería, Spain, Dpt. de Geodinàmica i Geofísica, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona
- June 2006, Annual International Summer School on Rockslides and Related Phenomena in the Kokomeren River Valley (Kyrgyzstan), focused on large seismically triggered landslides
- January 2008, paleoseismic field work in the Carboneras fault, Almería, Spain, Universitat de Barcelona
- April 2009, paleoseismic field work in the Alhama de Murcía fault, Murcía, Spain
- December 2009, Advanced School on Earthquakes Engineering in Nuclear Facilities, ICTP, Trieste
- January-March 2010, April 2011 internship at San Diego State University, California;field and LiDAR mapping of the Elsinore fault (San Andreas Fault zone); paleoseismic field work on the Imperial fault (SAF)
- March 2011, October 2013 - paleoseismic fieldwork in Acambay fault zone in Central Mexican Volcanic belt, Mexico
- May 2012 - paleoseismic fieldwork in Dead Sea transform fault zone, Israel