pro fes sor krzysztof birkenmajer at his lab o ra tory in...

Pro fes sor Krzysztof Birkenmajer at his lab o ra tory in Krakw, 2006(phot. A. M. Kobos)

Pro fes sor Krzysztof Birkenmajers 85th An ni ver sary Cel e bra tionsby Jarosaw Tyszka1, Przemysaw Gedl2 & Ewa Zastawniak-Birkenmajer3

SCI EN TIFIC SES SION

The Sci en tific Ses sion de voted to the 85th An ni ver sary of the birth of Pro fes sorKrzysztof Birkenmajer was or ga nized on 28th of No vem ber, 2014 in the cham bersof the Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences and Let ters in Cra cow. Its programme in cludedthe fol low ing:

Prof. Dr Marek Lewandowski, Di rec tor of the In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci -ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences, War saw Open ing

Prof. Dr Jan rodo, Head of the Cra cow Branch of the In sti tute of Geo log i calSci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences From War saw to Cra cow, a life and sci en -tific his tory of Pro fes sor K. Birkenmajer

Prof. Dr Jacek Jania (Silesian Uni ver sity, Sosnowiec) Gla cial mor phol ogyagainst the geo log i cal struc ture of South Spitsbergen. The sig nif i cance of Prof.K. Birkenmajers stud ies

Dr Baej Baejowski (In sti tute of Palaeo bi ol ogy, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci -ences, War saw) Bi otic as so ci a tions from the Palaeozoic/Me so zoic bound ary ofthe Arc tic (in the wake of Prof. K. Birkenmajers stud ies)

Prof. Dr Krzysztof P. Krajewski (In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ishAcad emy of Sci ences, War saw) The or i gin and de vel op ment of the Ant arc ticcriosphere in Prof. K. Birkenmajers stud ies

Dr hab. Jarosaw Tyszka (In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences, Cra cow Branch) Out line of the litostratigraphy, and geo log i cal evo lu -tion dur ing the Ju ras sic and Early Cre ta ceous in the Pieniny Klippen Belt, in Prof.K. Birkenmajers stud ies

Dr hab. Marta Bk (Acad emy of Min ing and Met al lurgy, Cra cow) & Dr hab.Krzysztof Bk (Ped a gog i cal Uni ver sity, Cra cow) Out line of the litostratigraphyand geo log i cal evo lu tion of the Pieniny Klippen Belt, West Carpathians, dur ing the Late Cre ta ceous in Prof. K. Birkenmajers stud ies

Prof. Dr Al fred Uchman (In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Jagiellonian Uni -ver sity) In the foot steps of Prof. K. Birkenmajer: his Tatra Mts stud ies.

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1 Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Senacka 1, 31-002 Krakw,Poland; E-mail: [email protected]

2 Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Senacka 1, 31-002 Krakw,Poland; E-mail: [email protected]

3 W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512 Krakw, Poland;E-mail: [email protected]

Clos ing words by Professor K. Birkenmajer

Dear Or ga niz ers, Lec tur ers and Guests,First of all, I would like to ex press my warm est thanks for de cid ing to come to

this Ses sion. The or ga niz ers cer tainly made things lively. The lec tur ers did theirbest to eval u ate my sci en tific work over the years in or der to find some achieve -ments worth pre sent ing to the pub lic. Fi nally, the nu mer ous guests I see in thisroom do not seem bored and this gives me a great plea sure.

Now, I wish to add a few clos ing words an swer ing the ques tion: How did I hap -pen to be come a ge ol o gist ?!

I was still in my pre-school years, when my par ents gave me a thick and heavybook Brehms Life of An i mals. This book, richly il lus trated with black-and-white pho to graphs, be came very im por tant to me. When go ing to the War saw Zoo log i calGar dens, and this hap pened quite fre quently, I was al ways pre pared to meet andname my nu mer ous an i mal friends, and to lis ten to their life sto ries.

And this was the time when my fa ther was trans lat ing Rudyard Kiplings fa mousJun gle Book into Pol ish. So, I hap pily greeted the grey wolf pack from the Coun cilRock wanted to ca ress the pan ther Bagheera and the very fat bear Baloo though this was cer tainly not al lowed. And had harsh words for that treach er ous ti ger Shere Khan.

When I had al ready learned to read, my fa ther pre sented me with an other book How the Tatra Mts Orig i nated by Prof. Ed ward Passendorfer. This book letwas not as richly il lus trated as the Life of An i mals. Nev er the less, it helped me torec og nize and name some Ju ras sic fos sils: ammonites, brachi o pods and bel em -nites which I had col lected dur ing my fi nal hol i days be fore the war at Zoty Potok in the Pol ish Jura Chain.

Dur ing the siege of War saw (1939), my fa ther as a re serve of fi cer of the Pol isharmy fought against the in vad ing Ger mans while de fend ing the Cap i tal of Po landfrom the en emy. And it is there that he lost his life in the bat tle at the end of Sep tem ber.

Dur ing the dread ful Ger man oc cu pa tion years (1939-1945), my be loved Zoo log -i cal Gar dens were closed and I was nt able to visit my an i mal friends. For tu nately,there were still travel books writ ten by nat u ral ists and ex plor ers. They al lowed me tolearn of pris tine lands and wild an i mals, and of the peo ple who lived in prim i tive con -di tions far away. That is how I en coun tered Green land for the first time.

Ex pelled from my home by the Ger mans af ter the fall of the War saw Up ris ing(1944), I found a place to live in Cra cow. Here, af ter grad u at ing from the Ly cee,I chose ge ol ogy as the main fo cus of my higher ed u ca tion, un der taken at the De -part ment of Ge ol ogy of the Jagiellonian Uni ver sity headed by Prof. M. Ksikie-wicz. As a 2nd year stu dent, I be came an As sis tant at the Ge ol ogy De part ment.There, I be came friends with Dr Stanisaw Siedlecki, a mem ber and leader of thePol ish po lar ex pe di tions to Svalbard (1932/33, 1934, 1936) and West Green land(1937), who tu tored me in field ge ol ogy and ac com pa nied me on moun tain eer ingtrips in the Tatra Mts.

10 85th ANNIVERSARY OF PROFESSOR KRZYSZTOF BIRKENMAJER

De spite the dire po lit i cal sit u a tion in my coun try, my grow ing ex pe ri ence withfield work in the moun tains gave me the feel ing that the Arc tic my geo log i caldream was com ing within reach. In 1956, un der Siedleckis lead er ship, I be camea mem ber of a 5-man team sent by the Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences to Nor way andSpitsbergen, in or der to find a site for the Pol ish Sci en tific Sta tion of the 3rd In ter na -tional Geo phys i cal Year. Sup ported by Prof. Stefan Zbigniew Rycki, an ex pe ri -enced po lar ex plorer, who worked in Torell Land in 1934 as a ge ol o gist in the firstPol ish Spitsbergen Ex pe di tion, and be came chair man of the Pol ish Com mis sionfor Ex pe di tions dur ing the 3nd In ter na tional Geo phys i cal Year, I be gan my life-long po lar ex pe ri ence. Spitsbergen was to be come my fa vour ite lo ca tion for sci en tificex pe di tions, 13 in all, up to the year 2002. Be sides these, I took part, as a mem beror leader, in sci en tific ex pe di tions to East Green land (2 ex pe di tions) and to WestAntarctica (8 ex pe di tions). The snowy po lar coun tries fas ci nated me for the wholeof my life.

The in struc tion at the uni ver sity also, of course, re quired me to study in my owncoun try. As a 2nd grade stu dent, I was al ready mak ing a start to my field work in thePieniny Moun tains (West Carpathians), help ing Pro fes sor Stanisaw Sokoowskiwith the de scrip tion of drillings and the prep a ra tion of a de tailed geo log i cal map(1:500 scale) for a planned wa ter dam. I suc cess fully co op er ated with the fa mousna ture pro tec tion ac tiv ists, Pro fes sors Wadysaw Szafer (a bot a nist) and WaleryGoetel (a ge ol o gist), and the Pieniny Na tional Park per son nel, to ex ert pres sure onthe en gi neers to mod ify the wa ter-dam pro ject in such a man ner as to make it lessharm ful to na ture.

When I be gan my po lar ex pe di tions, it ap peared that my en gage ment in the Arc -tic would leave much less time for my Carpathian stud ies. And here my old friendPro fes sor Ed ward Passendorfer came to the res cue: he pro posed that I de fend mydoc toral the sis on the stra tig ra phy of the Pieniny Klippen Belt at the War saw Uni -ver sity, where he was a Dean of the Ge ol ogy Fac ulty. This in fact hap pened dur ingthe spring of 1957, just be fore I was to be come thor oughly en gaged in the ac tiv i tiesof the 3rd In ter na tional Geo phys i cal Year.

My chil dren who once loved when I came back from Spitsbergen and Nor waywith white teddy bears or with a white puppy dog of Zakopane ped i gree born at ourSpitsbergen Sta tion, now have their own chil dren, and even grand chil dren. My sonand his daugh ter be came my as sis tants in Spitsbergen, and my son-in-law inAntarctica.

This meet ing is also a very pleas ant op por tu nity for me to ex press my grat i tudeto those who par tic i pated in my dif fi cult and of ten dan ger ous po lar field work, andto those who elab o rated on my rich col lec tions of an i mal and plant fos sils. Manysci en tific prob lems would still be wait ing to be solved had it not been for their valu -able con tri bu tions.

And once again Hur rah to the or ga niz ers of this friendly meet ing!

85th ANNIVERSARY OF PROFESSOR KRZYSZTOF BIRKENMAJER 11

KRZYSZTOF BIRKENMAJERS LIFE HIS TORY

Krzysztof Ludwik Birkenmajer, pro fes sor emer i tus at the In sti tute of Geo log i -cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences, Krakw, Po land, was born in War saw(Po land) on 6th Oc to ber, 1929. He was the third child of Pro fes sor Jzef AntoniBirkenmajer and Maria Alicja Birkenmajer, ne Jtkiewicz.

Her i tage. Krzysztof Birkenmajer be longs to a well known fam ily of ac a demicpro fes sors. Franciszek Micha Karliski (18301906), his great grand fa ther, wasPro fes sor of As tron omy at the Jagiellonian Uni ver sity in Krakw and Di rec tor ofits As tro nom i cal Ob ser va tory. Prof. Ludwik Antoni Birkenmajer (18551929), hisgrand fa ther, taught the o ret i cal phys ics at the same uni ver sity and was the firstphys i cist to carry out gravimetric stud ies in Po land. His stud ies on the life and sci -en tific achieve ments of Nicolaus Co per ni cus earned him the very high es teem ofhis peers.

Jzef Antoni Birkenmajer (18971939), K. Birkenmajers fa ther, an As sis tantPro fes sor in Hu man i ties at the Jagiellonian Uni ver sity, spent two years (19371939)teach ing Pol ish Lan guage and Lit er a ture at the Uni ver sity of Wis con sin, Mad i son(USA). As an of fi cer in the Pol ish army, he fought the in vad ing Ger man army forthree weeks dur ing the siege of War saw and fell in bat tle on 26 Sep tem ber 1939.

Aleksander Ludwik Birkenmajer (18901967), the el der brother of K. Birken-majers fa ther, was a pro fes sor of the His tory of Sci ences at the Jagiellonian Uni -ver sity and di rec tor of its fa mous Jagiellonian Li brary. Dur ing the 2nd World War,on 6th No vem ber, 1939, he was ar rested by the ge stapo and im pris oned in theSachsenhausen con cen tra tion camp, where he was bru tally treated by the Ger mans.

Zygmunt Birkenmajer [Sigmund S. Birkenmayer] (19231984), K. Birken-majers el der brother, fought the Ger mans dur ing the War saw Up ris ing (1944). Af -ter the 2nd World War, he stud ied Eng lish and Slavic lan guages at the Uni ver sity ofWash ing ton, Mad i son, where his fa ther had pre vi ously worked. Upon re ceiv ing his Ph.D. de gree, he taught at U.S. uni ver si ties, fi nally be com ing a Pro fes sor andDirector of the In sti tute of Slavic Lan guages, Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia, StateCol lege.

Ed u ca tion and para mil i tary ac tions. Dur ing the Ger man oc cu pa tion of Po land,K. Birkenmajer at tended (19421945) se cret sec ond ary school courses in War saw,then in Cra cow af ter be ing ex pelled in 1944 by the Ger mans from his home in War -saw. From 1942 to 1944, to gether with his Se cret Scout Group, he par tic i pated inpara mil i tary ac tions against the Ger man oc cu pi ers, thus help ing the Pol ish HomeArmy (Armia Krajowa). Af ter the end of the 2nd World War, he con tin ued his ed u ca -tion at the 4th Gym na sium and Lyce in Cra cow, from which he grad u ated in 1947.

Higher Ed u ca tion. In Cra cow, K. Birkenmajer stud ied ge ol ogy and palae on tol -ogy at the Jagiellonian Uni ver sity, from where he grad u ated in 1950 with an M.Sc.He also stud ied en gi neer ing ge ol ogy at the Acad emy of Min ing and Met al lurgy inCra cow, from where he grad u ated in 1954 with En gi neer ge ol o gist de gree.


He ob tained his Ph.D. de gree at the Uni ver sity of War saw in 1957, af ter the sub -mis sion of a geo log i cal mono graph on the Czorsztyn Suc ces sion in the PieninyKlippen Belt, West Carpathians.

Em ploy ment. At the De part ment of Ge ol ogy, Jagiellonian Uni ver sity (Cra -cow), K. Birkenmajer tu tored stu dents of ge ol ogy, palae on tol ogy, ge og ra phy andbi ol ogy as an As sis tant/Lec turer (19491950), then Se nior As sis tant/Se nior Lec -turer (1951).

At the De part ment of Ge ol ogy, Acad emy of Min ing and Met al lurgy (Cra cow)he con tin ued teach ing ge ol ogy as Se nior As sis tant/Se nior Lec turer (19511954).

Upon mov ing to the newly cre ated Ge ol ogy De part ment (in Cra cow) of the Pol -ish Acad emy of Sci ences, he car ried out geo log i cal re search, first as an Ad junct(19541959), then as a Do cent (= As sis tant Pro fes sor, 19591967), As so ci ate Pro -fes sor (19671973), and Full Pro fes sor (19731999).

He was em ployed abroad for short pe ri ods: as a Fel low at Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Forskningsrd (Royal Nor we -gian Coun cil for Sci en tific and In dus trial Re search), Oslo: 19691971; 1989 1999; as a leader of sum mer field par ties to Spitsbergen, by the Nor we gian Po lar In sti -tute: 1962, 1966, 1970, 1990. Staff mem ber, 1990; as Vis it ing Pro fes sor at the In sti tute of Ge ol ogy and Palae on tol ogy, Uni ver sity ofCo pen ha gen, 19751976; as a leader of sum mer field par ties to East Green land, by the Green land Geo log i -cal Sur vey, Co pen ha gen: 1971, 1976; as a mem ber of the geo log i cal sum mer ex pe di tion to King George Is land (SouthShet land Is lands, West Antarctica), by the In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Uni -ver sity of So Paulo, Brazil: 1994.

Sci en tific dis tinc tions Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences (War saw): cor re spond ing mem ber (19831991);

full mem ber since 1991; Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences and Arts (Cra cow): full mem ber since 1989; Ro ma nian Acad emy of Sci ences (Bu cha rest): hon or ary mem ber since 1997; Geo log i cal So ci ety of Amer ica: hon or ary fel low (1985); Geo log i cal So ci ety of Po land: hon or ary fel low (1991); Geo graph ical So ci ety of Po land: hon or ary fel low (2014); sterreichische Geologische Gesellschaft: Korrespondierendes Mitglied (hon -

or ary fel low) (1991); New York Acad emy of Sci ences: fel low; Ex plor ers Club, New York: in ter na tional mem ber.

Mem ber ship of pro fes sional so ci et ies and sci en tific bod ies Pol ish So ci ety of the Na ture: Fel low since 1948; Geo log i cal So ci ety of Po land: Fel low since 1950; Sec re tary Gen eral

19511957, Hon or ary Fel low, since 1991;


Norsk Geologisk Forening (Geo log i cal So ci ety of Nor way), livsvarig medlem(Fel low), since 1960;

In ter na tional Aassociation of Sedimentologists: Mem ber 19621982; Coun -cil Mem ber 1963 1967;

Geo graph ical So ci ety of Po land, Pol ish Po lar Club: Founder-Mem ber(1974), Coun cil-Mem ber (since 1974) ; Vice-Pres i dent 19781981; Hon or -ary Fel low 2013;

Geo log i cal So ci ety of Amer ica: Mem ber 19751977; Fel low 19771983;Hon or ary Fel low since 1985;

In ter na tional Geo log i cal Cor re la tion Programme (IGCP): ex pert, 19691971; mem ber of WG 198 (19831988); IGCP Board Mem ber: 19871992;

Inter-Un ion Com mis sion on Geodynamics, WG 9: Mem ber-cor re spon dent19731980;

IUGS Po lar ity Time-Scale Subcommission: Mem ber-cor re spon dent19751978;

Mul ti lat eral Co-op er a tion of Acad e mies of Sci ences of So cial ist Coun tries,Prob lem-com mis sion IX (ge ol ogy): Mem ber 19741989; Pol ish Na tionalRep re sen ta tive 19741988;

KAPG, Subproject 1.1. (Geo phys i cal and Geo log i cal Model of the Litho -sphere of the Carpa- thian-Bal kan re gion), Mem ber 19811989;

Sci en tific Com mit tee on Ant arc tic Re search (SCAR, ICSU): Pol ish Na tional Del e gate, 19481999 WG Ge ol ogy: Mem ber, 19781999 Group of Spe cial ists on Ce no zoic Palaeoclimate and Palaeo ec ol ogy of the

South ern High Lat i tudes (GOSC), Mem ber 19861999 Group of Spe cial ists on En vi ron ment and Con ser va tion (GOSEAC), Mem -

ber 19881999 Coun cil of Man ag ers of the Na tional Ant arc tic Programmes (COMNAP):

Pol ish Na tional Del e gate 19881992 SCAR Sci en tific Sec re tary 19921996

In ter na tional Arc tic Sci ence Com mit tee (IASC), Coun cil Mem ber, Pol ishNa tional Del e gate 19911999;

Pol ish Na tional Committe on Po lar Re search, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci -ences:V- Chair man 1981 1983; Chair man 19841999; Hon or ary Chair mansince 1999;

Com mit tee on Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences: mem bersince 1972, Coun cil-Mem ber 19811983;

Pol ish Na tional Com mit tee on IGBP-Global Change. Pol ish Acad emy of Sci -ences: V-Chair man since 1989;

Sci en tific Coun cil of the Na tional Park of the Pieniny Moun tains(Carpathians, Po land): mem ber since 1960, V-Pres i dent 19671995;

Geologische Vereinigung (Bonn): Mem ber 19902013, Coun cil-Mem ber19901995;


Stratigrafisk Komite for Svalbard (Strati graphic Com mit tee for Svalbard),Oslo: Mem ber since 1980;

In ter na tional As so ci a tion of Struc tural/Tec tonic Ge ol o gists: Mem ber since1990.

Mem ber ship of Ed i to rial bod ies (a se lec tion) Ed i to rial Board: Palaeo ge ogra phy, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeo ec ol ogy

(Elsevier, Am ster dam): Mem ber 1965; Ed i to rial Board: Jour nal of Struc tural Ge ol ogy (Pergamon Press): Mem ber

1988; Ed i to rial Board: Acta Geologica Hungarica (Bu da pest): Mem ber 1992; Ed i to rial Board: Jour nal of East Eu ro pean and Trans-Urali an Earth Sci ences

(Pergamon Press), 1992; Ed i to rial Board: Bul le tin of the Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences, Earth Sci ences:

Mem ber, 19862003, ed i tor of the Earth Sci ences sec tion 20002002; Ed i to rial Board: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae (Cra cow), Mem ber

since 1989, Chair man 19891991; Ed i to rial Board: Studia Geologica Polonica (War saw-Cra cow): Sci en tific

Sec re tary/Man ag ing ed i tor 19581987, Chief Ed i tor since 1987.

KRZYSZTOF BIRKENMAJERS MA JOR FIELDS OF SCI EN TIFICRE SEARCH

Sedimentology. Sedimentology of clastic de pos its, palaeocurrents and palaeo -ge ogra phy, ba sin anal y sis and evo lu tion (a se lec tion):

(1) Carpathian Moun tains (Po land, Slovakia): Ju ras sic ma rine car bon ates; Ju -ras sicPalaeogene flysch.

(2) Spitsbergen: Late Pro tero zoic diamictites; Car bon if er ousPalaeogene fresh-wa ter and shal low ma rine de pos its.

(3) E Green land: ma rine and con ti nen tal clastics, De vo nian Tri as sic, Palaeo-gene; Up per Perm ian shal low-ma rine de pos its.

Arc tic, re gional ge ol ogy(1) Spitsbergen. Pro tero zoic through Ter tiary geo log i cal map ping, lithostrati-

graphy of Mid dle-Late Pro tero zoic com plexes (meta sedi ments and meta vol can -ics). Tec tonic de for ma tions (Pro tero zoic, Cal edo nian, Al pine); Cam brian throughTer tiary: geo log i cal map ping, litho- and biostratigraphy, tec tonic de for ma tions(Cal edo nian and Al pine). Plate tec ton ics, evo lu tion of the North-At lan tic Ba sin.

(2) East Green land. Stra tig ra phy, tec ton ics, geo log i cal map ping (De vo nian,Perm ian, Tri as sic, Ju ras sic), Palaeogene near-shore ma rine de pos its and vol ca nicpile.

West Antarctica, re gional ge ol ogy(1) South Shet land Is lands. De tailed geo log i cal map ping of King George Is -


land (Cre ta ceousMio cene) sed i men tary and vol ca nic suc ces sions, mag matic-arcsubductional com plex, stra tig ra phy and K-Ar dat ing, pe trog ra phy and geo chem is -try, palaeoglacial and palaeobotanical re cord), De cep tion Is land and Pen guin Is -land (Qua ter nary vol ca noes), open ing his tory of the Bransfield Rift.

(2) Ant arc tic Pen in sula, Hope Bay. De tailed geo log i cal map ping, stra tig ra phyand tec ton ics of the Trin ity Pen in sula Group (TPG: ?Permo-Tri as sic) and theplant-bear ing Mt Flora For ma tion (Ju ras sic); Ant arc tic Pen in sula Vol ca nic Group(mag matic-arc subductional com plex, APVG: Up per Ju ras sicLower Cre ta ceous).

(3) Ant arc tic Pen in sula, Danco Coast to Par a dise Har bour. De tailed geo log i -cal map ping, re la tion of the APVG (subductional com plex) to the TPG, An dean in -tru sions (Ju ras sic-Cre ta ceous).

Carpathian Moun tains, East ern Alps, re gional ge ol ogy(1) Pieniny Klippen Belt, West Carpathians. Stra tig ra phy, palaeo ge ogra phy,

tec ton ics; Tri as sic-Palaeogene evo lu tion of the Klippen Ba sin; de tailed geo log i calmap ping, 1:10,000 and 1:5,000 scales; new lithostratigraphic stan dards for Ju ras -sic, Cre ta ceous and Ter tiary of the Pieniny Klippen Belt and the Magura Nappe(Outer Carpathians); Mio cene vol ca nism, K-Ar dat ing; plate-tec tonic mod els,palaeomagnetism; tec tonic ro ta tion in the Pieniny Klippen and West CarpathianFold Belt.

(2) East ern Lime stone Alps (Aus tria). Geo log i cal map ping, 1:25,000 scale, ofthe area south of Vi enna (Schwarzau im Gebirge) and south of Kirchdorf a.d.Krems, for the Geologische Bundesansalt, Vi enna.

Palaeomagnetism and K-Ar dat ing(1) West Carpathians. Pro ject leader of K-Ar and palaeomagnetic dat ing of the

Mio cene in tru sive volcanics.(2) South and East Spitsbergen. Pro ject leader of K-Ar dat ing and palaeomag-

netism of Lower Cre ta ceous doler ites.(3) Lower Silesia and Cra cow area, Po land. Pro ject leader of K-Ar and

palaeomagnetic dat ing of the Car bon if er ous, Perm ian and Ter tiary volcanics.(4) King George Is land, West Antarctica. Pro ject leader of K-Ar dat ing of vol -

ca nic suc ces sion, Cre ta ceous through Mio cene.

Qua ter nary ge ol ogy and Ter tiary palaeoglacial re cord(1) South Spitsbergen. Qua ter nary gla cial and glacifluvial de pos its, geo log i cal

map ping, ra dio car bon dat ing.(2) King George Is land, West Antarctica. Es tab lish ing of Paleocene-Mio cene

palaeoglacial/palaeoclimatic stan dard (dis cov ery of palaeoglacial mo raines andinter gla cial-type ter res trial de pos its). Dis cov ery of the old est (Oligocene) con ti -nen tal-scale gla ci ation (the Polonez Gla ci ation).

Pub li ca tionsMore than 1000 pub li ca tions, in clud ing over 500 orig i nal sci en tific pa pers, 26


syn the ses and mono graphs; more than 150 pop u lar-sci en tific pub li ca tions (in clud -ing 4 books) and over 390 short sci en tific no tices, ab stracts, re views et al., 34 pub -lished and 19 un pub lished de tailed geo log i cal maps (Spitsbergen; King George Is -land, West Antarctica; East Green land Pieniny Klippen Belt and Tatra Moun tains,West Carpathians); about 8 uni ver sity hand books.

PhD DE GREES SU PER VISED BY K. BIRKENMAJER

Zbigniew Radwaski rodowisko sedymentacyjne fliszu formacji sromo-wieckiej (grna kreda) w Pieninach [Sed i men tary en vi ron ment of the SromowceFor ma tion flysch de pos its (Up per Cre ta ceous) of the Pieniny, Carpathians, Po -land]. Re search Cen tre of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences,Warszawa. 1976 year of de gree granted.

Dan iel Danilewski Budowa geologiczna pnocno-wschodniej czci Si errade los Organos (Kuba) [Geo log i cal struc ture of NE Si erra de los Organos (Cuba)].Re search Cen tre of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences, Warszawa.1979 year of de gree granted.

Pawe Aleksandrowski Analiza strukturalna paszczowiny magurskiej wrejonie Babiej Gry [Struc tural anal y sis of the Magura Nappe, Babia Gra re gion,Pol ish West Carpathians]. In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy ofSci ences, Warszawa. 1984 year of de gree granted.

Edyta Jurewicz Analiza strukturalna pieniskiego pasa skakowego okolicJaworek. [Struc tural anal y sis of the Pieniny Klippen Belt near Jaworki (WestCarpathians, Po land)]. In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci -ences, Warszawa. 1990 year of de gree granted.

Antoni Kostka The age and micro fauna of the Maruszyna Suc ces sion (Up perCre ta ceousPalaeogene), Pieniny Klippen Belt, Carpathians, Po land (Wiek i mi-krofauna sukcesji maruszyskiej pieniskiego pasa skakowego, grna kreda paleogen). In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences, 1991 year of de gree granted.

Jarosaw Tyszka Mid-Ju ras sic palaeoenvironment and ben thic com mu ni tiesin the Pieniny Klippen Belt, Po land). In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad -emy of Sci ences, Warszawa. 1995 year of de gree granted.

Dan iel Widz Stratygrafia radiolarytw jurajskich pieniskiego pasa skako-wego na podstawie radiolarii [Stra tig ra phy of Ju ras sic radiolarites of the PieninyKlippen Belt, based on radio lar ians]. In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad -emy of Sci ences, Warszawa. 1995 year of de gree granted.

Przemysaw Gedl Biostratygrafia i paleorodowisko paleogenu podhalas-kiego w wietle bada palinologicznych [Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmentof the Podhale Paleogene (West Carpathians) based on palinological in ves ti ga -tions] In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences, Warszawa.2000 year of de gree granted.


KRZYSZTOF BIRKENMAJERS SCI EN TIFIC PO LAR EX PE DI TIONS(as mem ber and/or leader of)

1. Spitsbergen 1956: Arc tic sum mer, 4 weeks. Par tic i pa tion in a party of 5 mensent by the Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences to Spitsbergen, in or der to find a good place for con struc tion of the Sci en tific Sta tion for the Pol ish Third In ter na tional Geo -phys i cal Year, IGY (1957-8) Po lar Ex pe di tions. Leader S. Siedlecki.

2. Spitsbergen 1957: Arc tic sum mer, 3 months. Mem ber of the Pol ish 3rd IGYEx pe di tion (leader S. Siedlecki). Sci en tific Sta tion con struc tion at Isbjrnhamna,Hornsund, south Spitsbergen. Geo log i cal field stud ies, in clud ing geo log i cal map -ping (1:50,000 scale) in Wedel Jarlsberg Land.

3. Spitsbergen, 1958: Arc tic sum mer, 3 months. Mem ber of the Pol ish 3rd IGYEx pe di tion (leader S. Siedlecki). Geo log i cal field stud ies, in clud ing geo log i calmap ping (1:50,000 scale) in Wedel Jarlsberg Land and Srkapp Land.

4. Spitsbergen 1960: Arc tic sum mer, 2 months. Mem ber of the Pol ish In ter na -tional Geo phys i cal Co op er a tion Ex pe di tion (leader S. Siedlecki). Geo log i cal partyleader, field stud ies at in ner Hornsund fjord, sci en tific ex cur sion leader of the XXIIn ter na tional Geo log i cal Con gress (Co pen ha gen) to Hornsund, Spitsbergen.

5. Spitsbergen 1962: Arc tic sum mer, 2 months. Geo log i cal field party leader of the Nor we gian Po lar In sti tutes (Norsk Polarinstitutt, Oslo) Geo log i cal SvalbardEx pe di tion. Geo log i cal field stud ies, in clud ing geo log i cal map ping (1:50,000scale), in east ern Torell Land and Srkapp Land, Spitsbergen.

6. Spitsbergen 1966: Arc tic sum mer, 2 months. Geo log i cal field party leader of the Nor we gian Po lar In sti tutes (Norsk Polarinstitutt, Oslo) Geo log i cal Svalbard Ex pe di tion. Geo log i cal field stud ies, in clud ing geo log i cal map ping (1:50,000scale), in north ern and east ern Torell Land and Srkapp Land, Spitsbergen.

7. Spitsbergen 1970: Arc tic sum mer, 2 months. Geo log i cal field party leader of the Nor we gian Po lar In sti tutes (Norsk Polarinstitutt, Oslo) Geo log i cal SvalbardEx pe di tion. Geo log i cal field stud ies, in clud ing geo log i cal map ping (1:50,000scale), in north ern Srkapp Land and East ern Torell Land, Spitsbergen.

8. East Green land 1971: Arc tic sum mer, 2 months. Geo log i cal field partyleader, the Green land Geo log i cal Sur veys (Grnlands geologiske undersgelse,Kbenhavn) East Green land Geo log i cal Ex pe di tion (leader N. Henriksen). Geo -log i cal field stud ies, in clud ing geo log i cal map ping (1:100,000 scale) at KapBrewster (Scores by Sund), in Jameson Land and Scores by Land.

9. Spitsbergen 1974: Arc tic sum mer, 2 months. Geo log i cal leader (G. Biernat, co-leader) of the In sti tute of Palaeo bi ol ogy, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences (War -saw): strati graphic and palaeontological stud ies and sam pling in late Palaeozoicrocks at in ner Hornsund, and north ern Srkapp Land. 2 weeks were de voted topalaeomagnetic sam pling (in co op er a tion with the In sti tute of Geo phys ics, Pol ishAcad emy of Sci ences,War saw, and Uni ver sity of St. Louis, USA), in Palaeozoicand Me so zoic sed i men tary rocks at Hornsund (K. Birkenmajer, leader).


10. East Green land 1976: Arc tic sum mer, 2 months. Geo log i cal field partyleader, the Green land Geo log i cal Sur veys (Grnland geologiske undersgelse,Kbenhavn) East Green land Geo log i cal Ex pe di tion (B. Leith Niel sen andA. Steenfelt, lead ers). Geo log i cal field stud ies, mainly Tri as sic sedimentology, be -tween Kong Oskars Fjord and Clav er ing .

11. East Spitsbergen 1977: Arc tic sum mer, 2 months. Geo log i cal field partyleader for a geo phys i cal ex pe di tion of the In sti tute of Geo phys ics, Pol ish Acad emy


Krzysztof Birkenmajer at East Greenland, 1976

of Sci ences (War saw) and the St. Louis Uni ver sity (USA). Geo log i cal in ves ti ga -tions, palaeomagnetic sam pling, seis mo log i cal reg is tra tion at Agardhbukta, Stor-fjorden.

12. West Antarctica: King George Is land (South Shet land Is lands),1977/78: Ant arc tic sum mer, 5 months (in clud ing sea trans port), 2nd Ex pe di tion toH. Arctowski Sta tion (S. M. Zalewski, leader), In sti tute of Ecol ogy, Pol ish Acad -emy of Sci ences. K. Birkenmajer: geo log i cal in ves ti ga tions, in clud ing geo log i calmap ping (1:50,000 scale), of Ter tiary vol ca nic suites on King George Is land. Par -tic i pa tion in con struc tion of the H. Arctowski Sta tion.

13. West Antarctica, King George Is land (South Shet land Is lands),1978/79: Ant arc tic sum mer, 6 months (in clud ing sea trans port), 3rd Ex pe di tion toH. Arctowski Sta tion (S. Rakusa-Suszczewski, leader), In sti tute of Ecol ogy, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences. K. Birkenmajer: geo log i cal field party leader: geo log i calin ves ti ga tions, in clud ing geo log i cal map ping (1:50,000 scale), of Ter tiary vol ca nic and glacigenic suites on King George Is land.

14. West Antarctica, King George Is land (South Shet land Is lands),1980/81: Ant arc tic sum mer, 7 months (in clud ing sea trans port), 5th Ex pe di tion toH. Arctowski Sta tion (K. Birkenmajer, leader), In sti tute of Ecol ogy, In sti tute ofGeo log i cal Sci ences and In sti tute of Palaeo bi ol ogy, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences,and Wrocaw Uni ver sity. Geo log i cal, palaeontological and palaeoglacial re search,and geo log i cal map ping (1:50,000 and more de tailed scales).

15. West Antarctica, Bransfield Strait and North ern Ant arc tic Pen in sula,1984/5: Ant arc tic sum mer, 2 months, 2nd Geodynamic Ex pe di tion, In sti tute of Geo phys ics, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences, ma rine and ter res trial seis mic sound ing ofthe litho sphere (A. Guterch, leader), Bransfield Strait, Gerlache Strait. Geo log i calfield party leader K. Birkenmajer (In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emyof Sci ences), geo log i cal stud ies, in clud ing geo log i cal map ping (1:50,000, and atmore de tailed scales) of Me so zoic to Ter tiary vol ca nic arc (Ant arc tic Pen in sula) andthe De cep tion Is land vol cano (Qua ter nary).

16. West Antarctica, North ern Ant arc tic Pen in sula, 1987/8: Ant arc tic sum -mer, 2 months, 3rd Geodynamic Ex pe di tion, In sti tute of Geo phys ics, Pol ish Acad -emy of Sci ences, ma rine and ter res trial sound ing of the litho sphere (A. Guterch,leader). Geo log i cal party leader K. Birkenmajer (In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences,Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences) geo log i cal stud ies, in clud ing geo log i cal map ping(1:50,000 and at more de tailed scales) of Me so zoic to Ter tiary volcanics (Ant arc ticPen in sula) and the De cep tion Is land vol cano (Qua ter nary).

17. Spitsbergen, 1990: Arc tic sum mer, 1 month. Norsk Polarinstitutts he li cop -ter ex pe di tion (Y. Ohta & W. Dallmann, lead ers). Geo log i cal com par a tive stud iesin south ern Wedel Jarlsberg Land and north ern Srkapp Land (K. Birkenmajer).

18. West Antarctica, North ern Ant arc tic Pen in sula, 1990/91: Ant arc ticsum mer, 2 months, 4th Geodynamic Ex pe di tion, In sti tute of Geo phys ics, Pol ishAcademy of Sci ences, ma rine and ter res trial sound ing of the litho sphere (A. Gu-


terch, leader). Geo log i cal party leader K. Birkenmajer (In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci -ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences, and In sti tute of Palaeo bi ol ogy, Pol ish Acad -emy of Sci ences): geo log i cal stud ies, in clud ing geo log i cal map ping (de tailedscales) of Me so zoic volcanics and plant-bear ing clastics at Hope Bay, north ern tipof Ant arc tic Pen in sula, and palaeoglacial sec tions at King George Bay, KingGeorge Is land.

19. Spitsbergen, Hornsund, 1993: Arc tic sum mer, 2 months. Geo log i cal ex pe -di tion of the In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences(K. Birkenmajer, leader). Sup ple men tary geo log i cal stud ies in Early Palaeozoicand Pro tero zoic metasedimentary suc ces sions of south ern Wedel Jarlsberg Land.

20. West Antarctica, King George Is land, 1994: Ant arc tic sum mer, 1 month.K. Birkenmajer, mem ber/leader of the geo log i cal ex pe di tion or ga nized by the Uni -ver sity of So Paulo (Brazil). In ves ti ga tions and sam pling of palaeoglacial de pos its at King George Is land (Cho pin Ridge, King George Bay, Mel ville Pen in sula).

21. Spitsbergen, Hornsund, 1995: Arc tic sum mer, 2 months. K. Birkenmajer, leader of the geo log i cal ex pe di tion in Wedel Jarlsberg Land, or ga nized by the In sti -tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences. Fi nal geo log i cal fieldstud ies in Early Palaeozoic and Pro tero zoic metasedimentary suc ces sions of south -ern Wedel Jarlsberg Land.

22. West Antarctica, King George Is land, 2000/2001: Ant arc tic sum mer, 2months. Mem ber of the XXV Ex pe di tion of the Ant arc tic Bi ol ogy De part ment,Pol ish Acad emy of Sci ences to H. Arctowski Sta tion (T. Janecki leader): sup ple -men tary geo log i cal map ping (1:50,000 scale) of the Ad mi ralty Bay area.

23. Spitsbergen, Bellsund (Calypsobyen), 2002: Arc tic sum mer, 6 weeks,geo log i cal ex pe di tion of the In sti tute of Geo log i cal Sci ences, Pol ish Acad emy ofSci ences (K. P. Krajewski, leader). Sedimentological and tec ton ics stud ies andmap ping of the Late Pro tero zoic rocks at Midterhuken, Chamberlindalen, Re cher -chefjorden, and in the vi cin ity of Kapp Lyell (Late Pro tero zoic diamictites).

KRZYSZTOF BIRKENMAJERS COL LEC TIONSOF FOS SIL FAUNA AND FLORA

(de ter mined and pub lished)

Pieniny Klippen Belt (West Carpathians)

MicrofossilsStefan W. Alexandrowicz Up per Cre ta ceous foraminiferaJzef Dudziak Ju ras sic, Cre ta ceous and Palaeogene cal car e ous nannoplanctonStanisaw Geroch Cre ta ceous foraminiferaAntonina Jednorowska Cre ta ceousPalaeogene foraminiferaJerzy Lefeld large Urgonian foraminiferaEwa uczkowska Ju ras sic, Mio cene foraminiferaOlga Pazdro Ju ras sic foraminifera


Body fos silsRyszard Myczyski Ju ras sic ammonitesJerzy Znosko Ju ras sic ammonites

Trace fos silsZbigniew Radwaski

Fos sil floraMaria Lesiak Neoegene carpological re mainsLeon Stuchlik Qua ter naryAndrzej rodo Qua ter nary

Spitsbergen

MicrofossilsElbieta Turnau Lower Car bon if er ous spores

Body fos silsGertruda Biernat Perm ian brachiopodsStanisaw Czarniecki Car bon if er ous and Perm ian brachi o podsJerzy Fedorowski Perm ian cor alsAnna Jerzmaska Lower Tri as sic shark teethZofia Kielan (-Jaworowska) Lower Cam brian trilobitesJanusz Kopik Ju ras sic ammonitesAlan Lo gan Perm ian brachi o podsStanisaw Orowski Lower Cam brian trilobitesHalina Pugaczewska Ju ras sic and Cre ta ceous bi valves and bel em nitesJerzy Trammer Lower Tri as sic cono dontsAndrzej Wierzbowski Ju ras sic ammonitesEllis L. Yochelson Lower Or do vi cian gas tro pod operculae

Fos sil FloraEwa Zastawniak (-Birkenmajer) Palaeogene leaf im pres sions

Greenland

MicrofossilsPrzemysaw Gedl Oligocene dinocystsAntonina Jednorowska Oligocene foraminiferaElbieta Worobiec Oligocene palynomorphs

Body fos silsTove Birkelund (Co pen ha gen Uni ver sity) Low est Tri as sic ammonoids (not yetde ter mined)

West Antarctica

MicrofossilsEwa uczkowska Mio cene foraminiferaLeon Stuchlik Palaeogene and Qua ter nary palynomorphs


Ma rine body fos silsGertruda BiernatAndrzej Gadzicki Ewa Popiel-BarczykHalina PugaczewskaRyszard Wrona

Fos sil floraAnna Maria Ociepa Ju ras sic floraEwa Zastawniak (-Birkenmajer) Cre ta ceous and Palaeogene leaf flora

KRZYSZTOF BIRKENMAJERS IN VOLVE MENTIN IN TER NA TIONAL SCI EN TIFIC OR GA NI ZA TIONS (19882002)

Pro fes sor Birkenmajers ac tiv ity in in ter na tional sci en tific co op er a tion in -cluded fre quent trav els abroad. Here we pres ent his main ac tiv ity since 1988.

Ab bre vi a tions:ATCM Ant arc tic Treaty Con sul ta tive Meet ingGOSEAC SCAR Group of Spe cial ists on En vi ron ment and Con ser va tionIASC In ter na tional Arc tic Sci ence Com mit teeIGCP In ter na tional Geo log i cal Cor re la tion ProgrammeSCAR Sci en tific Com mit tee on Ant arc tic Reseach

19882425.05. Sym po sium Or i gin and evo lu tion of Ant arc tic Biota, Lon don-Cam bridge (UK) lec turer.1822.07. VIIth In ter na tional Gond wana Sym po sium, So Paulo, Brazil, lec turer.0516.09. XX Ses sion of SCAR, Hobart. Chair man of the Pol ish Com mit tee on Po lar Re search.

198929.014.02. Ad vi sory board, IGCP UNESCO, Paris (France).2330.04. Sym po sium on Ant arc tic Geo chron ol ogy, Mu nich (Ger many), lec turer.0919.07. 28th In ter na tional Geo log i cal Con gress, Wash ing ton DC (USA), lec turer and poster.30.0703.09. Par tic i pa tion in geo log i cal ex pe di tion to Spitsbergen, or ga nized by Norsk Polarinsti-

tutt, Oslo (Nor way).1015.09. SCAR Cam bridge (UK), as Pol ish na tional del e gate.0919.10. ATCM Paris (France), as Pol ish na tional del e gate.01.1131.12. Elab o ra tion of geo log i cal ob ser va tions from Spitsbergen, in vited by Norsk Polar-

institutt, Oslo (Nor way).

19900509.02. 17th IGCP Board, Paris (France), as Pol ish na tional del e gate.1113.06. IGCP, Sub re gion al Meet ing for NE Eu rope, Otaniemi Espoo, Fin land as a mem ber of the

IGCP Board.1527.07. SCAR, So Paulo, Brazil as na tional Pol ish del e gate.05.0805.09. Par tic i pa tion in geo log i cal ex pe di tion to Spitsbergen, or ga nized by Norsk Polar-

institutt, Oslo (Nor way).

19911421.04. Con fer ence ATCM Bonn (Ger many).1320.05. Strati graphic Com mit tee for Svalbard, meet ing, Oslo (Nor way) as a mem ber of the

com mit tee.2831.05. IIIrd Meet ing of GOSEAC, SCAR. Woods Hole (USA) as GOSEAC mem ber.


0915.09. 6th In ter na tional Sym po sium of Ant arc tic Earth Sci ences, Ranzan Machi (Ja pan) andMeet ing of WG Ge ol ogy SCAR, To kyo (Ja pan) lec turer and mem ber.

2327.09. Ant arc tic Sci ence Global Con cerns Con fer ence, Bre men (Ger many) in vited lec turer.0718.10. XVIth ATCM Bonn (Ger many) as Chair man of the Com mit tee of Po lar Re search, Pol ish

Acad emy of Sci ences, mem ber of the Pol ish del e ga tion, na tional del e gate to SCAR.0309.11. Vi enna (Aus tria), in vited by sterreichische Geologische Gesellschaft re ceipt of the

Hon or ary Mem ber ship of the So ci ety.

19920307.02. XXth Ses sion of the IGCP Board (UNESCO-IUGS), Paris (France) as elected mem ber of

the Board.2530.04. Meet ing of the IASC Coun cil, Reyk ja vik (Ice land) as per ma nent Pol ish na tional del e gate

to the IASC Coun cil.0819.06. XXII Sci en tific Meet ing of SCAR, San Carlos de Bariloche (Ar gen tina) as na tional

Pol ish del e gate.2428.06. Ant arc tic Sci ence Sym po sium in con nec tion with III. Congreso Geolgico de Espaa &

VIII. Congreso Latinoamericano de Geolgia, Salamanca (Spain).1020.11. XVII ATCM Ses sion, Ven ice (It aly) as head of the Pol ish na tional del e ga tion.

19932328.02. An nual meet ing of the Geologische Vereinigung: Aktive Kontinentalrnder in Gegenwart

und Vergangenheit, Berlin (Ger many) as mem ber of GV. 0407.04. Ad vi sory Board to Acta Geologica Hungarica meet ing and Sci en tific Ses sion or ga nized by

the Hun gar ian Acad emy of Sci ences and the Geo log i cal Sur vey of Hun gary (Mag yar llamiFldtani Intzet), Bu da pest (Hun gary) mem ber of the AGH and in vited lec turer.

1316.04. SCAR Ex ec u tive Com mit tee Meet ing, Stock holm (Swe den) as Sci en tific Sec re tary of SCAR.2024.04. Vth Meet ing of GOSEAC SCAR, Gorizia (It aly) as GOSEAC mem ber.02.0703.09. Sci en tific ex pe di tion to Spitsbergen as ex pe di tions leader.28.0901.10. SCAR Work shop on Eu ro pean Col lab o ra tion in Po lar Re search, Granada (Spain).0612.11. Intraplate Tec ton ics and Ba sin Dy nam ics, EUROROBE Meet ing, Csopak (Hun gary)

Subproject lead er ship.1522.11. 100th An ni ver sary (19831993) of the Dan ish Geo log i cal So ci ety (Co pen ha gen), co op er a -

tive talks with Grnlands geologiske Undersgelse and Ge ol ogy Chair of the Co pen ha genUni ver sity per son nel.

1319.12. 4th Work ing Meet ing of the PONAM Pro ject (Eu ro pean Sci ence Foun da tion, Po lar NorthAt lan tic Mar gins), Cam bridge (UK).

199409.0123.02. XIIth Bra zil ian Ant arc tic Ex pe di tion. Bra zil ian Ant arc tic Pro ject PROANTAR No.

1434, King George Is land (South Shet land Is lands) leader of the field group. 1122.04. XVIIIth ATCM, Kyoto (Ja pan) as Chair man of the Pol ish Com mit tee on Po lar Re search,

and Chair of the Pol ish del e ga tion.0206.05. IVth IASC Meet ing, Ilulissat (Jacobshavn), West Green land as Chair man of the Pol ish

Com mit tee on Po lar Re search, IASC Coun cil Mem ber.0914.05. SCAR GOSEAC Meet ing, San ti ago, Chile.27.0801.09. XXIIIrd SCAR Meet ing, Rome (It aly) as Sci en tific Sec re tary of SCAR and Pol ish

na tional del e gate.12 16.09. Eu ro pean Con fer ence on Grand Chal lenges in Ocean and Po lar Sci ences (or ga nized by the

Eu ro pean Com mit tee on Ocean and Po lar Sci ences ECOPS), Bre men (Ger many) as Chair manof the Pol ish Com mit tee on Po lar Re search.

15.09. ESF, EPF (Eu ro pean Sci ence Foun da tion, Eu ro pean Po lar Fo rum) Meet ing, Bre men (Ger -many) see above.

1217.10. ICSU Meet ing, Ra bat (Mo rocco) as mem ber of ICSU.30.1105.12. ESF, EPF (Eu ro pean Sci ence Foun da tion, Eu ro pean Po lar Fo rum) Work ing Group.


Fi nal meet ings (30.1102.12) of PONAM pro ject, Randsvangen (Nor way) and Oslo (05.12) asmem ber.

19952426.04. Vth IASC Coun cil Meet ing, Rovaniemi (Fin land) as Chair man of the Pol ish Com mit tee

on Po lar Re search, IASC Coun cil mem ber.0819.05. XIXth ATCM, Se oul (S Ko rea) as Dep uty Chair of the Pol ish del e ga tion, Chair man of the

Pol ish Com mit tee on Po lar Re search.1217.06. VIIth SCAR GOSEAC Meet ing, Christchurch (New Zea land) as a mem ber of GOSEAC.06.0729.08. Pol ish Geo log i cal Ex pe di tion to Spitsbergen as ex pe di tion leader.0616.09. VIIth In ter na tional Sym po sium on Ant arc tic Earth Sci ences, Siena (It aly) lec ture and 2

post ers.0709.10. 34th Ses sion of the ICSU Gen eral Com mit tee, Chiang Mai (Thai land) as Pol ish Na tional

Del e gate.

19962327.04. VIth IASC Coun cil Meet ing, Bremerhaven (Ger many) as mem ber of the IASC Coun cil

and Chair man of the Pol ish Com mit tee on Po lar Re search.1216.08. XXIV SCAR Meet ing, Cam bridge (UK) as na tional del e gate and Sci en tific Sec re tary of

SCAR. 1921.09. IUCN (In ter na tional Un ion on Con ser va tion of Na ture). In ter na tional Work shop on

Cu mu la tive Im pacts in Antarctica: Mini mi sa tion and Man age ment, Wash ing ton, D. C. (USA) Chair of Work ing Group.


XXIV SCAR Meet ing, Cam bridge (UK), 1996 Work ing Group on Ge ol ogy. Pro fes sor Krzysztof Birkenmajer, first row, third from left.

23.09. 35th Meet ing of Gen eral Com mit tee ICSU (In ter na tional Coun cil of Sci en tific Un ions).Wash ing ton, D. C. (USA) as mem ber of the ICSU Gen eral Com mit tee.

2427.09. 25th ICSU Gen eral As sem bly as mem ber of the ICSU Gen eral Com mit tee.27.09. ICSU Gen eral Com mit tee Meet ing as mem ber of the ICSU Gen eral Com mit tee.

19970408.05. 7th An nual Coun cil Meet ing, IASC, Sankt Pe ters burg (Rus sian Fed er a tion) as Chair man

of the Pol ish Com mit tee on Po lar Re search and mem ber of the IASC Coun cil.0106.06. Re gional Sci en tific Meet ing of IGCP Rep re sen ta tives of the East Al pine-Adri atic-

Carpathian Re gion and neigh bour ing coun tries, Bu da pest (Hun gary).0711.07. IX th ATCM & SCAR GOSEAC, Bremerhaven (Ger many) as SCAR Sci en tificSec re tary.0719. 09. NATO Ad vanced Study In sti tute, Con fer ence: Ice Phys ics in the Nat u ral and En dan gered

En vi ron ment, Acquafredda di Maratea (It aly) as in vited lec turer.0409.11. Ro ma nian Acad emy of Sci ences, Cen ten nial of the Belgica trip to/win ter ing in Antarc-

tica Bu cha rest (Ro ma nia) dis tin guished guest, awarded hon or ary mem ber ship of the Ro ma nianAcad emy of Sci ences, in vited lec turer.

19982325.04. 75th Meet ing of the ICSU Gen eral Com mit tee and Ex traor di nary Gen eral Ses sion of ICSU,

Vi enna (Aus tria) as mem ber of the Pol ish del e ga tion. 2628. 04. IASC Coun cil Meet ing, Fair banks (Alaska, USA) as IASC Coun cil Mem ber and

Chair man of the Pol ish Com mit tee on Po lar Re search.25.0505.06. XXIInd ATCM, Troms (Nor way) as Chair man of the Pol ish Com mit tee on Po lar

Re search, and vice-chair of the Pol ish del e ga tion.29.0802.09. XVIth Con gress, Carpatho-Bal kan Geo log i cal As so ci a tion, Vi enna (Aus tria) as

mem ber.0823.10. Sci en tific ex change be tween Pol ish and Chi nese Acad e mies of Sci ences, Chi nese Re pu-

b lic par tic i pa tion in field ex cur sion, guest lec tures at the Pe king and Nan king Acad e mies ofSci ences.

1828.09. Xth SCAR GOSEAC Meet ing, Bad Schauenburg (Basel, Swit zer land) as mem ber of theGOSEAC.

19992429.04. An nual IASC Coun cil Meet ing, Troms (Nor way) as Coun cil Mem ber.15.0504.06. XXIII ATCM, Lima (Peru) as vice-chair of the Pol ish Del e ga tion and Hon or ary

Chair man of the Pol ish Com mit tee on Po lar Re search.20000104.08. Arc tic Sci ence Sum mit Week, IASC; IASC Coun cil Meet ing; Fo rum of Arc tic Re search

Op er a tors (FARO); Cam bridge (UK) as IASC Coun cil mem ber.0821.09. Field work in Hun gary, co op er a tion be tween the Pol ish and Hun gar ian Acad e mies of

Sci ence.0103.10. PANCARDI-2000 Pro ject Meet ing: Pannonian Ba sin-Carpathian and Dinaride Sys tems.

Geo log i cal Meet ing on Dy nam ics of on go ing Orog eny, Dubrovnik (Croatia) re port age.

20012229.04. IASC Coun cil Meet ing and Arc tic Sci ence Sum mit Week; Fo rum of Arc tic Re search

Op er a tors (FARO as a sub sti tute); Eu ro pean Po lar Board (as an ob server), Iqaluit (BaffinIs land), Ca na dian Arc tic.

20022126. 04. An nual IASC Coun cil Meet ing (as IASC Coun cil Mem ber), and Arc tic Sci ence Sum mit

Week; Fo rum of Arc tic Re search Op er a tors (FARO as a sub sti tute); Eu ro pean Po lar Board (asan ob server), Groningen (The Neth er lands).


NEW AN I MAL AND PLANT FOS SILS NAMED IN HON OUROF K. BIRKENMAJER

1970. Arcthoplites birkenmajeri Nagy Ammonite (Cephalopoda). Age: Albian(Early Cre ta ceous). Lo ca tion: South Spitsbergen (Svalbard ar chi pel ago). Refe-rence: Nagy, J., 1970. Ammonite fau nas and stra tig ra phy of Lower Cre ta ceous(Albian) rocks in south ern Spitsbergen. Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter, 152: 158.

1982. Allotropiochisma birkenmajeri Fedorowski Rugose cor als. Age: LatePerm ian. Lo ca tion: Hold with Hope, Martinia Lime stone Mem ber, Foldvik CreekFor ma tion, East Green land. Ref er ence: Fedorowski, J., 1982. Some rugose cor alsfrom the Up per Perm ian of East Green land. Rapporter Grnlands geologiskeUndersgelse, 108: 7191.

1986. Semiformiceras birkenmajeri Kutek et Wierzbowski Ammonite (Cepha-lopoda). Age: Rogonik Co quina Mem ber, Mid dle Tithonian (Up per Ju ras sic). Lo -ca tion: Rogoa Klippe near Rogonik, Pieniny Klippen Belt (West Carpathians,Po land). Ref er ence: Kutek, J. & Wierzbowski, A., 1986. A new ac count on the Up -per Ju ras sic stra tig ra phy and ammonites of the Czorsztyn suc ces sion, PieninyKlippen Belt, Po land. Acta Geologica Polonica, 36 (4): 289316.

1987. Xestoleberis birkenmajeri Baszyk Ostracod. Age: Early Oligocene,Polonez Cove For ma tion. Lo ca tion: King George Is land, Polonez Cove.Reference: Baszyk, J., 1987. Ostracods from the Oligocene Polonez Cove For ma -tion of King George Is land, West Antarctica. In: Gadzicki, A., PalaeontologicalRe sults of the Pol ish Antartic Ex pe di tions Part I. Palaeontologia Polonica, 49:6381.

1987. Phyllocrinus birkenmajeri Guchowski. Cri noid. Age: Bajocian (Mid dle Jura-ssic), Smolegowa Lime stone For ma tion. Lo ca tion: Kramnica Klippe, Czorsztyn Suc -ces sion, Pieniny Klippen Belt (West Carpathians, Po land). Ref er ence: Guchowski, E., 1987. Ju ras sic and Early Cre ta ceous Ar tic u late Crinoidea from the Pieniny KlippenBelt and the Tatra Mts., Po land. Studia Geologica Polonica, 94: 1102.

1993. Birkenmajeria Widz et De Wever Nasselaria (Radiolaria). Age: Oxfor-dianKimmeridgian. Lo ca tion: Szeligowy Potok, Grajcarek Unit, Pieniny KlippenBelt (West Carpathians, Po land). Ref er ence: Widz, D. & De Wever, P., 1993. Nou -veaux Nasselaires (Radiolaria) des radiolarites jurassiqes de la coupe de SzeligowyPotok (zones de Klippes de Pieniny, Carpathes Occidentales, Pologne). Re vue deMicropalontologie, 36 (1): 7791.

1994. Magnoliidaephyllum birkenmajeri Zastawniak Fos sil leaf im pres sion(Magnoliidae). Age: Late Cre ta ceous. Lo ca tion: Zamek Hill, Ad mi ralty Bay, KingGeorge Is land (South Shet land Is lands), West Antarctica. Ref er ence: Zastawniak,E., 1994. Up per Cre ta ceous leaf flora from the Baszyk Mo raine (Zamek For ma -tion), King George Is land, South Shet land Is lands, West Antarctica. Acta Palaeo-botanica, 34 (2): 119163.

2007. Schizolepidella birkenmajeri Ociepa. Liv er worts (Hepatophyta). Age:Late Ju ras sic. Lo ca tion: Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Ant arc tic Pen in sula. Ref er ence:


Ociepa, A. M., 2007. Ju ras sic liv er worts from Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Ant arc ticPen in sula. Pol ish Po lar Re search, 28 (1): 3136.

2009. Ascopora birkenmajeri Nakrem, Baejowski et Gadzicki Bryo zoan. Age:Early Perm ian. Lo ca tion: Treskelodden For ma tion (south ern Spitsbergen) and Wor-diekammen For ma tion (cen tral Spitsbergen). Ref er ence: Nakrem, H. A., Bae-jowski, B. & Gadzicki, A., 2009. Lower Perm ian bryo zoans from south ern and cen -tral Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 54 (4): 677698.

2009. Liangshanella birkenmajeri Wrona Bradoriide ar thro pod car a paces. Age:Early Cam brian lime stone er rat ics (dropstones) from Early Mio cene glaciomarineCape Mel ville For ma tion. Lo ca tion: Cape Mel ville, King George Is land (SouthShet land Is land), West Antarctica. Ref er ence: Wrona, R., 2009. Early Cam brianbradoriide and phosphatocopide ar thro pods from King George Is land, West Antar-ctica. Biogeographic im pli ca tions. Pol ish Po lar Re search, 30 (4): 34737.

2015. Birkenmajerites Fedorowski and Birkenmajerites pri mus Fedorowski Rugose cor als. Age: Early Serpukhovian (Pendleian), Eumorphoceras E1 Biozone(Early Car bon if er ous). Lo ca tion: Parczew IG-3 drill core, depth 1210.3 m, Lime -stone D, Lublin Ba sin, E Po land. Ref er ence: Fedorowski, J., 2015. Serpukhovian(Early Car bon if er ous) Rugosa (Anthozoa) from the Lublin Ba sin, east ern Po land.Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 85 (1): 221270.

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