Department of Quaternary Geology

 

Head of the Department

 Dr. Geol.- Mineral. Sc.  Revaz D. Khazaradze

 

 

 

 

 Name of the thesis  for a candidate's degree:  The relief of the Enguri river basin, conti­nen­tal layers and Pleistocene glaciation,

 defended on March 30, 1971

 Name of the thesis for a doctor' s degree-  Glaciation  of Kavkasioni in Pleistocene,

defended  on March 22, 2000

 

Academic rank - Senior scientific  worker,  December 18, 1979

 

Major scientific trends of the department:

1. The regularities of  origin,  structure and development  of geographical environment in Georgia and its adjacent  regions.

2.  Conditions of sedimentation and genesis of  quaternary deposits in Georgia: paleo-geographical  reconstructions.

3. Palynological study of quaternary continental deposits.

 

List of  Major Publications

KHAZARADZE REVAZ  D.,  DR. GEOL. -MINERAL. SC.

 1.The epoch of great  glaciation. «Georgia in Anthropogene»(Monograph) Tbilisi, "Sakartvelo", 1991, pp.474-524

2. Petrographic correlation in paleogeographical studies.  The problem of geomorphological correlation. M. "Nauka", 1989, pp.62-65

3.Old glaciation of  the Southern slope  of the Great Caucasus (within Georgian SSR) "Metsniereba", 1985, p161

4. Ancient glaciation of the Caucasus. (the USSR). Perspectives in Geomorphology. Concept Publishing Company ", H-13 Bali Nagar, New Delhi, 110015, 1981, pp.281-300 (jt. au. Maruashvili L.I.)

5.  The issue on the existence of old glaciation deposits in the  environs  of the village of Khevi (Right bank tributary of the Amtkeli river. Western Georgia). Bulletin of Georgian  Academy of Sc .GSSR, v. 94. No 1, 1979, pp.109-112

6. Palynological characteristics  of principal strata of quaternary deposits of Kolkhida (Western Georgia) Bulletin of the Georgian Acad. if Sc.  GSSR 70, No 1, 1973, pp. 121-124.

 

MAMATSASHVILI NANA S.  GEOL- MINERAL. SC.D.

1.Recent date  on glaciation of the Tergi river  headwater in Pleistocene. 2002, "Pressing problems in Geography. pp.66-72. (jt.au. R.Khazaradze)

2. The history of flora and vegetative cover. Georgia in Anthropogene.(Monograph) Tbilisi. "Sakartvelo",1991, pp.223-291 (jt.au. K. Chochieva )

3. Early Eopleistocene. Georgia in Anthropogene. (Monograph)Tbilisi. "Sakartvelo", 1991,pp.462-469 (jt.au. L. Maruashvili. K. Chochieva , A. Vekua )

4.Late Eopleistocene. Georgia in Anthropogene. (Monograph) Tbtilisi., "Sakartvelo", 1991,pp.469-472 (jt.au. L. Maruashvili ,K. Chochieva ,A. Vekua )

5. Oldeuxinic flora of Guria  (according to spore and pollen data) Tbilisi, "Metsniereba", 1991, p.112

6.Comparison of recent and buried soils in the highland of South Georgia.  Soviet soil          ,vol. II, England , 1980, pp.641-649 (jt.au. E. Nakaidze )

7. Palynological studies of cave deposits. Investigation of Kolkhida caves.(Monograph) Tbilisi, "Metsniereba", 1978, pp.75-94

8.The history of development cave system and its environs. Investigation of Kolkhida  caves.(Monograph) Tbilisi, "Metsniereba",1978, pp.182-191 (jt.au. L. Maruashvili., A. Vekua , D.Tushabramishvili )

9. Correlation of marine and continental deposits of Kolkhida. Palynology in the USSR, M., "Nauka", 1976, pp.148-156

10. Palynological characteristics of quaternary continental deposits of Kolkhida. Tbilisi. "Metsniereba:, 1975, p.113

  

Tvalchrelidze Merab G, Geol- .Mineral. Sc. D.

1.A new skull of Early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia. 5 July 2002. vol.297, No.5578.pp.85-89   (jt.au. A.Vekua.D.Lprtkipanidze)

2.Peculiarities of forming  geochemical zones in the sediments of south eastern sector of the Black Sea Georgia. Bull.of the Georgian Acad.of Sc.vol.163, No.2.pp.297-300 (jt.au. N.Machitadze, V.Gvakharia)

3.Earliest Pleistocene Hominid Cranial remains from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia: Taxonomy, Geological settings and age. May 2000. "Science", vol. 288, pp.1019-1025 (jt.au.L.Gabunia, A .Vekua,    D. Lortkipanidze)

4.Paleogeography of the Kolkheti seaside in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. 2000. Bull.of the Georgian Academy of Sc.,vol.162, No3.pp.494-496 (jt.au. N. Mamatsashvili, R.Khazaradze et al.)

5. Geological history of the Sokhumi peninsula in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. Bull. of the Georgian Academy of Sc.,  1998,vol.157.No.3. pp.439-442

6.Pecularities in distribution of chemical elements in the Georgian sector of the Black Sea. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission /BSRC Workshop on the Black Sea fluxes. 1997. Proceedings, report No145, Istanbul, Turkey. pp.73-84 (jt.au. N.Machitadze)

7. Postglacial transgression of the Kobuleti lowland in the Late Pleistocene and  Holocene. Bull. of the Georgian Acad. of Sc.,1996 , vol.153. No.1, pp.57-60s