Aleksandra Stachowska, PhD

Principal research interests: 
interpretation of seismic data, sedimentology, stratigraphy, sedimentary basin analysis, anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility, paleomagnetism

Address:
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
Research Centre in Warsaw 
Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland

Position: Assistant Professor

Phone (Office):   48-22 69-78-989 
Room:  234
E-mail:  aleksandra.stachowska@twarda.pan.pl

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Education:

2023 – PhD in Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
PhD Thesis title: The Late Cretaceous tectono-sedimentary evolution of northern Poland – study based on regional seismic data
Supervisor: dr hab. inż. Piotr Krzywiec, prof. ING PAN

2016-2020 – Doctoral (PhD) studies, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences

2013-2015 – Doctoral (PhD) studies, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw

2013-2014 – Postgraduate studies, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environment Protection (Applied geophysics)
AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow

2013 – MSc in Geology (stratigraphic-exploration)
University of Warsaw
MSc Thesis title: Palaeocurrent analysis of the Krosno Beds using anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and classical sedimentological studies (Western Bieszczady Mountains).
Supervisors: prof. dr hab. Anna Wysocka, dr Piotr Ziółkowski, dr hab. Leszek Jankowski

2010 – BSc in Geology
University of Warsaw
BSc Thesis title: Changeability of river type within its longitudinal profile, exemplified by the Vistula river. 
Supervisor: dr Marcin Górka

Professional career

2024 – Assistant Professor, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS)
2018 – Research Assistant, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS)
2016 – Technician, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS)

Publications

  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2024. Późnokredowa tektoniczno-sedymentacyjna ewolucja północnej Polski —  opracowanie na podstawie regionalnych danych sejsmicznych. Przegląd Geologiczny, 72(6), http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/2024.13
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2024. Upper Cretaceous contourites from northwestern Poland in the vicinity of the Szamotuły salt diapir. Acta Geologica Polonica, 74(1), e6, https://doi.org/10.24425/agp.2023.148030
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2023. The Late Cretaceous tectono-sedimentary evolution of northern Poland – A seismic perspective on the role of transverse and axial depositional systems during basin inversion. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 152, 106224, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106224 
  • REMIN Z., KRZYWIEC P. & STACHOWSKA A. 2022. The Late Cretaceous inversion of the southeastern part of the Polish Basin – syn-depositional tectonics, facies distribution and bathymetric changes. In: Walaszczyk, I., Todes I.P. (Eds.), Cretaceous of Poland and of some adjacent areas. Field trip Guides. Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, pp. 87-114. ISBN 978-83-944813-5-3
  • KRZYWIEC P., STACHOWSKA A., GRZYBOWSKI Ł., NGUYEN Q., SŁONKA Ł., MALINOWSKI M., KRAMARSKA R., AHLRICHS N. & HÜBSCHER C. 2022. The Late Cretaceous inversion of the Polish Basin and surrounding area – a current perspective based on seismic data. In: Walaszczyk, I., Todes I.P. (Eds.), Cretaceous of Poland and of some adjacent areas. Field trip Guides. Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, pp. 9-23. ISBN 978-83-944813-5-3
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2021. Depositional architecture of the Upper Cretaceous succession in central Poland (Grudziądz-Polik area) based on regional seismic data. Geological Quarterly, 65 (2): 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1589
  • STACHOWSKA A., ŁOZIŃSKI M., ŚMIGIELSKI M., WYSOCKA A., JANKOWSKI L. & ZIÓŁKOWSKI P. 2020. Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility as an indicator for palaeocurrent analysis in folded turbidites (Outer Western Carpathians, Poland). Sedimentology, 67 (7): 3783-3808, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12770
  • KRZYWIEC P., STACHOWSKA A. & STYPA A. 2018. The only way is up - on Mesozoic uplifts and basin inversion events in SE Poland. In: Kilhams, B., Kukla, P. A., Mazur, S., Mckie, T., Mijnlieff, H. F. & Van Ojik, K. (eds) Mesozoic Resource Potential in the Southern Permian Basin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.14

  • KRZYWIEC P. & STACHOWSKA A. 2016. Late Cretaceous inversion of the NW segment of the Mid-Polish   Trough — how marginal troughs were formed, and does it matter at all? Z. Dt. Ges. Geowiss., 167: 107­–119. https://doi.org/10.1127/zdgg/2016/0068

  • ZENKNER L., CYBULA M., DRELA T., JAROSZEWICZ E., MADEJ M., PIÓRKOWSKA D., ROMANEK J., STACHOWSKA A., WITKOWSKI M. & ZACHEWICZ A. 2016. Dewońskie kopce węglanowe Kess-Kess (Antyatlas, Maroko) – ich struktura i geneza na podstawie nowych obserwacji.Rocznik Studenckiego Ruchu Naukowego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 10: 123–134. (in Polish)

  • STACHOWSKA A., BIERNACKI K, KONIŃSKI K. & STANISZEWSKI R. 2016. Analiza facjalna i stratygraficzna utworów jurajskich w okolicach Berakety (Sakaraha, basen Morondava, SW Madagaskar). Rocznik Studenckiego Ruchu Naukowego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 10: 135–148. (in Polish)

  • NAWROCKI J., JEWUŁA K., STACHOWSKA A. & SZULC J. 2015. Magnetic polarity of Upper Triassic sediments of the Germanic Basin in Poland. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 86: 663–674. https://doi.org/10.14241/asgp.2015.026

  • JUREWICZ E., OZIMKOWSKI W., RUBINKIEWICZ J., ŚMIGIELSKI M., TOMASZCZYK M., CYBULSKA D., STACHOWSKA A. & STĘPCZAK P. 2012. Mapa osuwisk i terenów zagrożonych ruchami masowymi w skali 1:10000, gm. Ochotnica Dolna, pow. nowotarski, woj. małopolskie. http://geoportal.pgi.gov.pl/portal/page/portal/SOPO

Conference abstracts

  • STACHOWSKA A., KRZYWIEC P., CARTWRIGHT J. & BOONE S. 2025. Cretaceous depositional architecture along a transform continental margin and volcanic system (offshore East Africa) - insights from regional high-resolution seismic data. 12th International Cretaceous Symposium, 31 August–5 September 2025, Hanover, Germany. Book of Abstracts, p. 261.
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2024. Upper Cretaceous syn-inversion depositional systems in the southeastern East European Craton, NE Poland. 18th Workshop Of The International Lithosphere Program – Task Force Sedimentary Basins, 07–11 Oct 2024, Kraków, Poland, p. 67. ISBN 978-83-68224-56-6
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2024. Późnokredowe syntektoniczne systemy depozycyjne – sejsmiczne przykłady z północnej Polski. IV Polski Kongres Geologiczny. 10–14 czerwca 2024, Poznań, Polska, p. 150. ISBN 978-83-942304-5-6
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2024. Late Cretaceous evolution of the SE edge of the East European Platform in Poland – control of inversion tectonics on depositional systems. AAPG Europe Region Conference. Energy Transition: Is the European Approach Different?, 28–29 May 2024, Kraków, Poland, p. 75.
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2022. New insight into the depositional architecture of the Upper Cretaceous in northern and central Poland – seismic evidence for syntectonic sedimentation and bottom currents. In: Jagt, J.W.M., Jagt-Yazykova, E., Walaszczyk, I.& Żylińska, A. (eds). 11th International Cretaceous Symposium, 22–26 August 2022, Warsaw, Poland. Abstract Volume, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, 331–332.
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2021. New Upper Cretaceous depositional architecture above the cratonic edge in central Poland. New Upper Cretaceous depositional architecture above the cratonic edge in central Poland. In: Bábek, O. & Vodrážková, S. (eds), 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, 23–26 May 2021, Virtual Meeting, Book of Abstracts, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, p. 417.
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2019. Mesozoic uplifts and basin inversion in N Poland. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria.
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2018. Nowy model późnokredowej ewolucji NE Polski – wyniki interpretacji regionalnych danych sejsmicznych. Polska Konferencja Sedymentologiczna POKOS 7, 4–7 June 2018, G. Św. Anny. (in Polish)
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2018. Late Cretaceous evolution of NE Poland – new insight based on regional seismic data. In: Tomaszczyk M., Głuszyński A. & Sikora R. CETEG 2018, 16th Meeting of the Central European Tectonic Groups, 18–21 April 2018, Rytro, Poland.
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & KRZYWIEC P. 2017. Upper Cretaceous depositional systems in the NE part of the Polish Basin (NE Poland) – new insight based on seismic data. In: Sames B. (ed.) 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous, 21–26 August 2017, Vienna, Austria.
     
  • KRZYWIEC P., STACHOWSKA A., STYPA A., SŁONKA Ł., JARZYNA J., KRAKOWSKA P., PUSKARCZYK E. & WAWRZYNIAK-GUZ K. 2016. Model późnokredowej ewolucji niecki miechowskiej — wyniki interpretacji danych sejsmicznych i analizy subsydencji. VI Polska Konferencja Sedymentologiczna POKOS 6 – „Granice Sedymentologii”, 28 June–01 July 2016, Chęciny-Rzepka, Poland. (in Polish)
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & SŁONKA Ł. 2015. Geological and geophysical analysis of Upper Cretaceous rocks – a case study of the Miechów Trough (SE Poland). 6th International Geosciences Student Conference, 13–16 July 2015, Praga.
     
  • STACHOWSKA A., SŁONKA Ł., KRZYWIEC P., WYSOCKA A., JARZYNA J., KRAKOWSKA P., PUSKARCZYK E., WAWRZYNIAK-GUZ K. & KUFRASA M. 2015. Late Cretaceous tectonics vs. sedimentation within the Miechów Trough (SE Poland), or how inversion of the Alpine foreland shaped local depositional systems. 31st IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, 22–25.06.2015, Kraków, Poland.
     
  • STACHOWSKA A., ZIÓŁKOWSKI P., JANKOWSKI L. & WYSOCKA A. 2014. Determination of tectonic stress using anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) – a case study from the Krosno Beds (Silesian Unit, Polish Outer Carpathians). 12th Meeting of the Central European Tectonic Studies Groups, 23–26.04.2015, Lądek Zdrój, Poland.
     
  • STACHOWSKA A. & MADEJ M., 2013. Conditions of sedimentation and structure of carbonate Kess Kess mounds in Hamar Laghdad region in Anti-Atlas Mountains (North Africa). 4 th International Students Geological Conference, 19–22 April 2013, Brno.
     
  • STACHOWSKA A., JANKOWSKI L., WYSOCKA A. & ZIÓŁKOWSKI P. 2012. Zastosowanie anizotropii podatności magnetycznej do wyznaczenia kierunków transportu (warstwy krośnieńskie, jednostka śląska, Karpaty). Geologia jedna?! II Polski Kongres Geologiczny, 17–19 September 2012, Warszawa, Polska. (in Polish)

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