Petr Rajlich

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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Petr Rajlich

| image = PetrRajlich.jpg

| caption = Petr Rajlich is giving a lecture at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|02|20}}

| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

| citizenship = Czech

| fields = Geology

| known_for = {{Plainlist|

• Rajlich's Hypothesis
• Czech Crater
• Expanding Earth

}}

}}

Petr Rajlich (born 20 February 1944 in Prague) is a Czech geologist and popularizer of science.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/276814811|title=Český kráter|author=Rajlich, Petr|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Jihočeské muzeum|isbn=9788086260808|oclc=276814811}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/883371161|title=Vesmírná příhoda v Českém křemeni (a v Českém masivu)|last=Rajlich|first=Petr|date=2014-01-01|publisher=Geologie|isbn=9788026056782|oclc=883371161}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/could-the-czech-basin-have-been-created-through-meteoritic-impact|title=Radio Prague - Could the Czech basin have been created through meteoritic impact?|access-date=2017-01-26}}

Rajlich published many books and scientific papers mainly oriented to structural end economic geology.{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267381280|title=Wrenching of a Continental Lithosphere Containing a Circular Resistant Inclusion: Physical Model Experiments (PDF Download Available)|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2017-01-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250684806|title=Hercynian-thrust related shear zones and deformation of the Varied Group on the contact of granulites/Southern Moldanubian, Bohemian Massif (PDF Download Available)|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2017-01-25}}{{Cite journal|last=Rajlich|first=Petr|date=1983-10-01|title=Geology of Oued Mekta, a mississippi valley-type deposit, Touissit-Bou Beker region, eastern Morocco|url=http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/content/78/6/1239|journal=Economic Geology|language=en|volume=78|issue=6|pages=1239–1254|doi=10.2113/gsecongeo.78.6.1239|bibcode=1983EcGeo..78.1239R |issn=0361-0128|url-access=subscription}} He studied at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, and got a doctoral degree there.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/455849919|title=Geologujeme s Petrem Rajlichem: v přírodě, ve škole, doma a ve městě.|last=Rajlich|first=Petr|date=2008-01-01|publisher=Attavena|isbn=9788086778303|location=České Budějovice|oclc=455849919|language=Czech}}