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Roman Chlebowski Dr. hab., Professor of the University of Warsaw |
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of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology Room No. 323, phone: (0048-22) 822-30-51 ext. 259 |
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E-mail: romanch@geo.uw.edu.pl
Division: Petrology (Division Head)
Scientific interests and investigations
My
scientific interests and studies concern sedimentary petrology. Mainly I
investigate problems of paleovolcanism in older geological periods, namely
Paleozoic in Gory Swietokrzyskie (Holy Cross Mts). I recognised abundant signs
of volcanic activity in Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian and Carboniferous and
occassional ones in Cambrian, preserved as bentonites, tufs and tuffites,
connected with acid volcanism.
Origin and occurence of loess
is my another field of scientific activity. The studies of loess from the
Malopolska Upland area performed till present suggested, that weathering waste
of the local rocks and aquatic-glacial sediments adjacent to the loess
accumulation areas were the main source of the loess-forming material.
Investigations of the transport directions has indicated, that the accumulation
of loess occurred mostly at the slopes of the morphological denivelations
opposite to the wind direction, due to western winds of the lower atmospheric
zone. Presently the studies have been
extended to the largest loess area in Europe, occupying SE Poland and NW
Ukraine, i. e. the terrains between Vistula and Dniepr rivers. These studies are
performed in collaboration with Ukrainian scientific institutions in Lviv and
Kiiv.
The
recent polar (Spitsbergen) weathering processes and sedimentation in shallow
littoral zone (Baltic Sea) are the third field of my scientific interest. The
studies of the currently forming sediments in the shallow littoral zone of
Baltic Sea, where a geochemical paradox was stated (formation of siderite, the
mineral typical of reducing conditions, in oxidising shallow littoral
environment), were especially interesting.
Publications
Last five years:
Chlebowski R. 1995. Wulkanizm w dolnym karbonie Gór Świętokrzyskich. Przegl.Geol. 43, nr 7.
Chlebowski R. 1999. Heavy minerals in sandur deposits from the forefield of the Scott Glacier, Wedel Jarlsberg. Polish Polar Research. No 20, z.1.Chlebowski R., Lindner L. 1999. Peryglacjal weathering processes and younger loess accumulation conditions in the Małopolska Upland. Acta Geogr.Lodz. Nr 76.
Chlebowski R.,Kowalski W. 1999. Petrographic and mineralogical studies of contemporary sediments developed on the wreck of a ship on the Baltic sea bottom. Arch. Miner. T. LII, z. 2.
Chlebowski R. 2000. Aktywność wulkaniczna, jej związek z fazami orogenicznymi i wpływ na genezę i charakter litologiczny osadów starszego paleozoiku Gór Świętokrzyskich.
Kwart. Geol. Vol. 44, z. 2Teaching
Because of the problems with vocal cords (profession disease) presently I do not deliver lectures and I teach in a limited range: I am a supervisor of the M.Sc. dissertations and seminars, as well as I teach the field geology problems in Sudetes for the 2nd course students of the Faculty of Geology.
Other informations
Since many years I am actively engaged in the broadly understood environment protection and development of self-government i Poland. Earlier I was the representative in the municipal council and the head of the Ecology Commission, afterward the representative in the Voivodship Self-Government Council and since 1992 - the member of Voivodship Commission of Nature Protection, now in Mazowsze Voivodship.
Popularisation of the geological knowledge in schools,
hiking and biking, sport (chess).Last update: August 12, 2000
