|
|
Irakli Gamkrelidze
Paliashvili Str.52
Tbilisi ,380079, Georgia
Tel: (8832) 99-64-45
Fax: (8832) 99-88-23
E-mail: geo@gas.acnet ge
PROFILE.
Well known geological scientist, Academician, Professor, with excellent
experience in the scientific and practical issues associated with
geodynamics and geo-hazards particularly in relation to the applied
tectonics, seismic tectonics and terrain geology sciences.
EDUCATION:
Institute of Geology of Georgia 1956 -1959 Ph.D. in Tectonics Georgian
State Polytechnic Institute 1951 - 1956 Faculty of Engineering Geology
and Hydrogeology Engineering Geologist
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EMPLOYER:
Environmental Geological Agency (EGA) 1999 - Present
Current position:
Coordinator of Earth Science Department
Coordination of Department's activities in terms of research, investigation,
preparation and implementation of various projects associated with
following disciplines: Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology, Geomorphology,
Sedimentology, Petrology, Mineralogy, Stratigraphy, Volcanology,
Tectonics, Seismology, Structural Geology, Geophysics.
MEMBER: Georgian
Academy of Sciences 1988 - Present
Position: Head
of Earth Sciences Department
General Management of the Department Studies, evaluations and mapping
of the movement directions and rates of hypo, longitudinal and latitudinal
fault structures Tectonic layering of the Earth crust of the Black
Sea Preparing the active deep faults catalogue of the territory
of Georgia Identifying the terrain of the Caucasus and adjacent
areas Researching the macera nappe in the crystalline core of the
Greater Caucasus and its geological significance Categorizing the
tectonic nappes and horizontal layering of the Earth crust in the
Mediterranean belt Researching the geology of Assa-Aragvi crossing
of the Greater Caucasus, the kinematics of the Alpine deformation
of the Caucasus and adjacent areas and the geodynamic evolution
of the Caucasus and adjacent areas in Alpine phase
EMPLOYER: Institute
of Geology 1975 - 1988
Position: Head
of the department of tectonics, regional geology and seismic tectonics.
Researching the ophiolites of Dzirula Massif and the problem of
the Paleotethys in the Caucasus and the main trends in tectonic
development of Caucasus and adjacent areas of the Mediterranean
belt
PUBLICATIONS:
1. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1959. Current folding in volcanic rocks
of the Ketshuti Range. Bull. Acad. Sc. of Georgia SSR, 6, 541-546
(in Russian)
2. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1966. Structure of the Northern limb
of Racha-Lechkhumi syncline. Monography, 101p.(in Georgian)
3. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1970. Tectonic window in Ksani gorge.
Bull. Acad. of Georg. SSR,59, 2,613-616 (in Georgian)
4. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1970. Folding mechanism of Trialetian Range.
Bull. Acad. of Georg.SSR,60,1, 7-10 (in Russian)
5. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1972. Planetary jointing of the dislocated
rocks and related phenomena. Geotectonica, 1, 45-54 (in Russian)
6. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1976. Mechanism of formation of tectonic
structure and some general problems of tectogenesis. Monograph,
Tbilisi, Metsniereba, 225 p. (in Russian)
7. I.P.Gamkrelidze, (co-author P.D.Gamkrelidze),1977. Nappes
of the Southern slope of the Greater Caucasus. Monograph, Tbilisi,
Metsniereba, 81p. (in Russian)
8. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1977. Tectonic development Anatolia-Caucasus-Iran
segment of the Mediterranean belt. Geotectonica, 3, 25-37, (in Russian)
9. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1977. Main trend of tectonic development
of Caucasus and adjacent areas of the Mediterranean belt. Himalayan
geology. Vol. 7 ,88-96
10. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1979. Die Paleozoische Entwicklung des
Kaukasus und der angrenzenden Gebiete des Mediterran-Gurtels. Zeitschrift
for geologische Wissenschaften. Berlin, 7 ,H.10,1249-1255 (in German)
11. I.P.Gamkrelidze et al., 1981. Ophiolites of Dzirula Massif
and the problem of the Paleotethys in the Caucasus. Geotectonica,
5, 23-33 (in Russian)
12. I.P.Gamkrelidze et al., 1981. Thrust zone of Krizna nappe
at stoly in the Tatra Mts (Poland).Studia Geologica Polonica,vol.68,Warszawa,61-73
I.P.
13. Gamkrelidze, 1982. Mobilism and problems of Caucasus
tectonics. In: Problems of the Geodynamics of the Caucasus. Moscow,
Nauca, 4-6 (in Russian)
14. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1984. Tectonic structure and Alpine
geodynamics of the Caucasus. In: Tectonics and metallogeny of the
Caucasus, Tbilisi, Metsniereba, 105-184 (in Russian)
15. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1986. Geodynamic evolution of the Caucasus
and adjacent areas in Alpine time.Tectonophysics,127, 261-277
16. I.P.Gamkrelidze and T.W.Giorgobiani, 1990. Kinematics
of the Alpine deformation of the Caucasus and adjacent areas. In:
Mechanics of jointed and faulted Rock. Rotterdam , Balkema ,183-186
17. I.P.Gamkrelidze et al., 1991. Geology of Assa-Aragvi
crossing of the Greater Caucasus. Monography,Tbilisi ,Metsniereba
,188p.(in Russian)
18. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1991. Tectonic nappes and horizontal
layering of the Earth crust in the Mediterranean belt (Carpathians
, Balkanides and Caucasus).Tectonophysics,196 ,385-396
19. I.P.Gamkrelidze et al., 1996. Macera nappe in the crystalline
core of the Greater Caucasus and its geological significance. Bull.of
the Georg. Acad. of Scienc.,154,1,84-88
20. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1997. Georgia. In: Encyclopedia of European
and Asian Geology. Editors: Eldridge M. Moors and Rhodes W. Fairbridge.
Chapmen and Hall, 256-261
21. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1997. Terranes of the Caucasus and adjacent
areas. Bull. of the Georg. Acad. of science., 155, 3 , 75-81
22. I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1998. Active deep faults and catalogue
of the territory of Georgia. Bull. of the Georgian Acad. of Scienc.,156
, 1 .
23. I.P.Gamkrelidze and D. M. Shengelia, 1998. Tectonic layering
of the Earth crust of the Black sea- Central transcaucasian terrain
and its significance for the petrogenesis. Geotectonica (in print).
|
