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Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology
Room No. 261; phone: (0048-22) 822-30-51 ext. 253


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Division: Geochemistry (Head of the Division)

Scientific interests and investigations

I am mainly interested in the problems of the composition of the upper Earth's mantle, processes i this zone, conditions of the formation of basaltic magmas in the Earth's mantle and factors influencing the magma composition.  I investigate the behaviour of the minor and trace elements in the metasomatic processes developing both in upper mantle and in the Earth's crust, especially the mobility of chromium.

Plagioclase in basalt, image in polarising microscope

I study the geochemical features of alkaline olivine basalts from Lower Silesia and Opole Silesia and mafic and ultramafic enclaves occurring in those basalts. Presently special attention I have paid to plateau basalts from Volyn.

Publications

The most important publications of the last years:

Anna Białowolska (1993): Enclaves in basaltoids of the hills of Lysanka and Trupien (Lower Silesia). Arch. Miner., T. XLIX, z.2, 145-197.

Anna Białowolska (1999): Diabases of the Slupiec region (Lower Silesia) and the associated hydrothermal assemblages. Arch. Miner. T. LII, z.1, 91-112.

Teaching

Lecture and classes of the subject "Geochemistry and cosmochemistry" (60 + 30 hours) for the students of the 4th course of the geochemical and mineralogical specialisation are my main teaching field.  

In the lecture I present to the students processes causing the origin of chemical elements and the variations of the chemical element distributions in the planets of the internal and external groups. Furthermore, I characterise the behaviour of the elements in pgase transformations at high temperatures and pressures, the sources of information about the deep, internal zones of the Earth, and redistribution of the elements in geologic processes in the Earth's crust and upper mantle. Detailed geochemical features if individual elements are also discussed. Classes are practical applications of certain informations given during the lecture, especially the problems of geochemical barriers and exchange of the elements during metasomatic and hydrothermal processes attributed to the Earth's crust and presented by the examples of the carbonate and selected silicate minerals. 
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Last update: August 12, 2000