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Prof. Dr. Béla Molnár DSc professor emeritus

 

Szeged, 24th May 1934

Place of work: University of Szeged, Department of Geology and Palaeontology
Telephone: (+36-62)-544-893
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PROFESSIONAL CV | PUBLICATIONS

 

PROFESSIONAL CV

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 2004 - professor emeritus
  • 1984 - Doctor of Earth sciences
  • 1974 - Candidate of Earth sciences
  • 1961 - PhD
  • 1956 - Attila József  University, geography - geology

 

SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES

  • 2000 - Member of the Disciplinary Comission, University of Szeged
  • 1977 - 2000 - Head of the Department of Geology and Palaeontology
  • 1966 - 1999 - Secondary head of the Geography-Geology Department Group, Member of the JATE TTK Comitee
  • 1957 - 1967 - Research assistant, University of Szeged, Department of Geology and Palaeontology

 

SCHOLARSHIPS

  • 1999 - Széchenyi Professors' Scholarship
  • 1990-2000 - Belgium, DAAD scholarship Kiel, Baden-Würtenberg scholarship Heidelberg
  • 1980- Poland
  • 1969-1970 - Egypt

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • MTA Sedimentological Sub-comission
  • INQUA National Comission
  • Sub-president of the Hungarian Hydrological Society, Szeged
  • Hungarian Geological Society
  • Honorary member of the Hungarian Engineer Chamber

 

BADGE OF HONOUR

  • Pál Vásárhelyi Award
  • Pro Aqua Award
  • István Vedres Award
  • Knight's Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • 125 publications in Hungarian, English and German
  • 1 university book
  • Co-author of 3 books
  • 5 lecture notes

 

ACTUAL WORKS

  • Carbonate development in lakes and the diagenesis of carbonates. The research of hydrogeological conditions of calcite and dolomite formations.
  • The research of the connection between sediment and groundwater level.

 

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

The five most important foreign publications:

  • Molnár B. (1991): Modern Lacustrine Calcite, Dolomite and Magnesite Formation in Hungary. - Publication of the Department of Quaternary Geology University of Turku, 70. Turun Yliopisto, pp. 1-22.
  • Molnár B. (1988): Quaternary Geohistory of the Hungarian Parth of the Danube-Tisza Interfluve. - Radovi Geoinstituta, knjiga 21. (Proceedings of Geoinstitute, v. 21) Beograd, pp. 61-78.
  • Molnár B. (1975): Über die Gesetzmässigkeiten der terrestrischen klaastischen Sedimentation in der Ungarischen Tiefebene. - Zeitschr. Geol. Wiss. 3. 10. Berlin, pp. 1349-1367.
  • Molnár B. (1971): Entstehungsgeschichte der Sodaseen im Süd-Alföld (Ungarn) - Aus den Sitzungsberichten der Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathem.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I. 179. Bd. 8-10. Heft. Wien, pp. 183-191.
  • Molnár B. (1968): Sedimentationszyklen in den pleistozänen Ablagerungen des Südlichen Ungarischen Beckens. - Geologische Rundschau 57. 2. Stuttgart, pp. 532-557.

The five most important Hungarian publications:

  • Molnár B. (1997): A Föld és az élet fejlődése. - Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest. p. 360.
  • Molnár, B. - Botz, R. (1996): Geochemistry and stable isotope ratio of modern carbonates in natron lakes of the Danube-Tisza Interfluve, Hungary. - Acta Geologica Hungarica Vol. 39. 2. Budapest, pp. 153-174.
  • Molnár B. (1994): Víztározók létesítésének vízföldtani adottságai a Duna-Tisza közi Hátságon. - Hidrológiai Közlöny 74. 6. Budapest, pp. 341-352.
  • Molnár B. (1990): A Nagyalföld DK-i része harmadidőszak végi és negyedidőszaki feltöltődésének modellezése, in: Az arzéntartalom származása és alakulásának kérdései a Békés megyei vízmű kútjaiban. - MTA Szegedi Akadémiai Bizottságának Kiadványai, Szeged, pp. 31-57.
  • Molnár B. (1977): A Duna-Tisza köz felső-pliocén (levantei) és pleisztocén földtani fejlődéstörténete. - Földtani Közlöny 107. 1. Budapest, pp. 1-16.

 

FIELD OF INTEREST:

  • The research of sedimentology and diagenesis.
  • The development of tectonical and climate independent quaternary sediments.
  • The research of the relationship of precipitation, groundewater level and sedimentology.