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The Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences

The Institute of Geological Sciences is a part of the Division III of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

 

History of our institute reaches 1956. We conduct basic geological investigations concerning the origin and formation of rocks and minerals, evolution of selected orogens and reconstruction of ancient environments. Disciplinary areas of research interests include sedimentology, Quaternary geology, isotope geochemistry (especially geochronology), mineralogy, petrology, tectonics, stratigraphy and hydrogeology, also paleontology .

The Headquarters of the Institute is in Warszawa.  
Scientific units of the Institute are research groups residing at Research Centres - in Kraków, Warszawa and Wrocław - along with Doctoral Studies section, laboratories, libraries and the Geological Museum. 

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AuthorsBudzyń, B., Wirth, R., Sláma, J., Kozub-Budzyń, G.A., Schreiber, A.
Year2023
TitleAtomic-scale Th and U segregation into dislocation cores and U-Pb age discordance in xenotime.
MagazineLithos 444–445, 107105
DOIdoi:10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107105

Highlights:
•    dislocation cores in xenotime contain U, Th and Si enriched material
•    dislocations are surrounded on both sides by radiation-damaged xenotime
•    transport of U in dislocations network is a suggested source of age discordance

AuthorsSkov L., Peyrégne S., Popli D., Iasi L.N.M., Devièse T., Slon V., Zavala E.I., Hajdinjak M., Sümer A.P. , Grote S., Mesa A.B., Herráez D.L., Nickel B., Nagel S., Richter J., Essel E., Gansauge M., Schmidt A., Korlević P., Comeskey D., Derevianko A.P., Kharevich A., Markin S.V., Talamo S., Douka K., Krajcarz M.T., Roberts R.G., Higham T., Viola B., Krivoshapkin A.I., Kolobova K.A., Kelso J., Meyer M., Pääbo S., Peter B.M.
Year2022
TitleGenetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals
MagazineNature 610: 519-525
DOIdoi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05283-y

Here we analyze the genetic structure of a unique Neanderthal taphocenosis in Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai Mountains). We found the group of 11 individuals to be a closely related family that roamed in the area around 59–51 thousand years ago. The mtDNA and Y-chromosome DNA reveal the low genetic diversity of the population and underrepresentation of males. Actualistic comparison with modern hominid populations allows perceiving those Neanderthals’ genetic structure in a similar way as that of modern mountain gorilla, an endangered subspecies. Distribution of the genetically-confirmed bones of the same individuals within the sedimentary sequence points toward strong post-depositional disturbances at the site.

AuthorsZhu RZ., Słaby E., Lai SC., Chen LH, Qin J., Zhang C., Zhao S., Zhang F., Liu WH, Fowler M.,
Year2021
TitleHigh-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic intrusions in SE Tibet: implications for metasomatized lithospheric mantle beneath an active continental margin
MagazineContributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Volume 176, article 85, 7 Oct 2021
DOIdoi.org/10.1007/s00410-021-01843-z

High-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic suites are widespread and generally volumetrically small but provide key information on magmatic mantle-crust interactions. Limited work has addressed the multi-stage formation of relatively high-volume high-K to shoshonitic rocks. A newly identified, Late-Cretaceous to Early-Cenozoic high-volume high-K to shoshonitic association (ca. 28,000 km3) is described, from the southeastern Himalayan–Tibetan orogen.

AuthorsWudarska, A., Słaby, E., Wiedenbeck, M., Barnes, J.D., Bonifacie, M., Sturchio, N.C., Bardoux, G., Couffignal, F., Glodny, J., Heraty, L., John, T., Kusebauch, C., Mayanna, S., Wilke, F.D.H, Deput, E.
Year2021
TitleInter-laboratory characterisation of apatite reference materials for chlorine isotope analysis
MagazineGeostandards and Geoanalytical Research, Volume 45, Issue 1, March 2021, p. 121-142
DOIdoi.org/10.1111/ggr.12366

Here we report on a set of six apatite reference materials (chlorapatites MGMH#133648, TUBAF#38 and fluorapatites MGMH#128441A, TUBAF#37, 40, 50) which we have characterised for their chlorine isotope ratios; these RMs span a range of Cl mass fractions within the apatite Ca10(PO4)6(F,Cl,OH)2 solid solution series. Numerous apatite specimens, obtained from mineralogical collections, were initially screened for 37Cl/35Cl homogeneity using SIMS followed by δ37Cl characterisation by gas source mass spectrometry using both dual-inlet and continuous-flow modes. 

AuthorsPaszkowski, M., Budzyń, B., Mazur, S., Sláma, J., Środoń, J., Millar, I.L., Shumlyanskyy, L., Kędzior, A., Liivamägi, S.
Year2021
TitleDetrital zircon U-Pb and Hf constraints on provenance and timing of deposition of the Mesoproterozoic to Cambrian sedimentary cover of the East European Craton, part II: Ukraine
MagazinePrecambrian Research, Volume 362, 15 August 2021, 106282
DOIdoi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106282
AuthorsPatko, L., Ciazela, J., Aradi, L.E., Liptai, N., Pieterek, B., Berkesi, M., Lazarov, M., Kovacs, I.J., Holtz, F., Szabo, C.
Year2021
TitleIron isotope and trace metal variations during mantle metasomatism: in situ study on sulfide minerals from peridotite xenoliths from Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field (Northern Pannonian Basin)
MagazineLithos, Volumes 396–397, September 2021, 106238
DOIdoi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106238
AuthorsTramm, F., Wirth, R., Budzyń, B., Sláma, J., Schreiber, A.
Year2021
TitleLA-ICP-MS and TEM constraints on the magmatic and post-magmatic processes recorded by the zircon-xenotime intergrowth in pegmatite (Piława Górna, Góry Sowie Block, SW Poland)
MagazineLithos, Volumes 404–405, 1 December 2021, 106480
DOIdoi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106480
AuthorsSolovey T., Wojewódka-Przybył M., Janica R.
Year2021
TitleHydrochemical indicators of water source and contamination in fen peatlands of varying hydrogeomorphic settings in northern and central Poland
MagazineEcological Indicators, Volume 129, October 2021, 107944
DOIdoi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107944
AuthorsCheng L:, Xue B., Zawisza E., Liu J., Yao S., Li S.,
Year2021
TitleSpecific species response of Cladocera to the trophic and hydrological environments of lakes: A case study of a typical shallow mesotrophic lake
MagazineCatena, Vol. 207, December 2021, 105630
DOIdoi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105630
AuthorsSzczygieł J., Sobczyk A., Hercman H., Mendecki M.J., Gąsiorowski M.
Year2021
TitleDamaged Speleothems and Collapsed Karst Chambers Indicate Paleoseismicity of the NE Bohemian Massif (Niedźwiedzia Cave, Poland)
MagazineTectonics, 10 February 2021
DOIdoi.org/10.1029/2020TC006459