Irakli Gamkrelidze                       

Date of birth: 08. 05. 1933

Professor of geology

In 1963 I.Gamkrelidze defended a thesis for a degree of Candidate of geological sciences (Ph.D.) and in 1974-a dissertation for a doctorate in geological sciences (D.Sc) on "The mechanism of formation tectonic structures and some general problems of tectogenesis";

In 1967-1968 for 6 months I.Gamkrelidze was raising the level of his skill in methods of tectonics in Hannover, Munich and Claustall-Zellerfeld (Federal Republic of Germany) in cooperation with Prof. Von Gaertner, Prof. P.Schmidt-Tome and Prof. R.Adler;

Specialization:  structural geology, geodynamics, regional geology, seismotectonics;

Current research interests: geodynamic evolution, mechanism of Alpine deformation, tectonic nappes and seismisity of the central segment of the Mediterranean (Alpine-Himalayan) belt.

Since 1979 I.Gamkrelidze is professor of the Georgian Technical University and is giving courses of lecture in Geotectonics and Structural geology;

In 1979-1990 I.Gamkrelidze was a leader of working groups of the Multilateral collaboration of the academies of sciences of the former socialist countries. In this connection he conducted geological investigations in East Alps,Carpathians and Balkanides.

For over twenty years (1976-1999) I.Gamkrelidze was delivering lectures at the  universities and scientific institutions of Munich, Warsaw, Bratislava, Prague, Budapest, Sofia, Bucharest, Vienna, Paris-Zude, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Rome, Moscow and other cities of former Soviet Union. His works are published in well known periodical of different countries of the world. He is holder of several International grant (NATO, INTAS).

I.Gamkrelidze's scientific activities are closely connected with practice. Together with territory of the Caucasus he has been in a position to investigate the structure of Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathian and Balkanides. He has composed geological and tectonic maps of different scale for many regions of Georgia. Hi is  one of the authors of International tectonic map of Europe (1:5 000 000), the tectonic map of the Caucasus (1:1 000 000) and editor-in chief of the new geological map of Georgia (1:500 000).

Since 1976 I.Gamkrelidze has been participating in various international project and symposiums. Since 1976 he is a member of the International Association of Planetology (in 1976-1979 he has been a vice-president of the Association),  of the Commission for International Tectonic Maps and of the Inter-department tectonic committee of Russia; Hi is an author of more than 170 publications, among them 8 books and text-book;

I.Gamkrelidze is Djanelidze prize laureate of the Georgian Academy of Sciences;

Since 1975 he is a Head of the Department of tectonics, regional geology and seismotectonics of Geological Institute of the Acad. Sci. of Georgia. Since 1988 he is an academician of the Georgian Acad. of Scienc. and a Head of Earth Sciences Department of the Academy

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Select publications:

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze,1959. Current folding in volcanic rocks of the Ketshuti Range.Bull.Acad.Sc.of  Geiorg. SSR,6, 541-546 (in Russian)

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1966. Structure of the Northern limb of Racha-Lechkhumi syncline. Monograph, 101 p.

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze,1970. Tectonic window in Ksani gorge. Bull.Acad. of Georg. SSR, 59,2,613-616 (in Russian)

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1970. Folding mechanism of Trialetian Range. Bull.Acad. of Georg. SSR, 60, 1, 7-10 (in Russian)

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1972. Planetary jointing of the dislocated rocks and related phenomena.  Geotectonica,1,45-54 (in Russian).

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1976. Mechanism of formation of tectonic structure and some general problems of tectongenesis. Monography, Tbilisi, Metsniereba, 225 p. (in Russian).

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, (co-author P.D.Gamkrelidze), 1977. Nappes of the Southern slope of the Greater Caucasus, Monograph, Tbilisi, Metsniereba,81p. (in Russian)

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1977. Tectonic development of the Anatolia-Caucasus-Iran segment of the Mediterranean belt. Geotectonica, 3, 25-37, (in  Russian).

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1977. Main trend of tectonic development of Caucasus and adjacent areas of the Mediterranean belt. Himalayan geology.Vol.7,88-96.

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1979. Die Paleozoishe Entwicklung Des Kaukasus und der angrenzenden Gebiete des Mediterran-Guertels. Zeitschrift for geologische Wissenschaften. Berlin,7, H.10, 1249-1255 (in German)

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze (co-authors: G.Dumbadze, M.Kekekia at al), 1981. Ophiolites of Dzirula massif and the problem of the Paleotethys in the Caucasus. Geotectonics, 5, 23-33

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze (co-authors: Bac-Moshashvili 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.Gamkrelidze, 1982. Mobilism and problems of Caucasus tectonics. In: Problems of the Geodynamics of the Caucasus. Moscow, Nauca, 4-6 (in Russian)

·        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)

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze,A.L.Knipper, 1985, History of formation of the Mediterranean belt structure in Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Geotectonica, N3, 91-102 (in Russian)

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1986. Geodynamics evolution of the Caucasus and adjacent areas in Alpine time. Tectonophysics, 127, 261-277

·        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

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze et al., 1991. Geology of Assa-Aragvi crossing of the Greater Caucasus, Monograph, Tbilisi, Metsniereba, 188 p. (in Russian)

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1991. Tectonic nappes and horizontal layering of the Earth's crust in the Mediterranean belt (Carpathians, Balkanides and Caucasus). Tectonophysics, 196, 385-396

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze et al.,1996. Macera nappe in the crystalline core of the Greater Caucasus and its geological significance. Bull.Acad. of Georg. SSR, 154, 1, 84-88

·        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

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, 1997. Terranes of the Caucasus and adjacent areas. Bull. of the Georg. Acad. of Sc., 155, 3, 75-81

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, D.M.Shengelia, 1999. Petrogenetic model of the Dzirula Crystalline Massif magmatites in the light of tectonic layering of the Earth's crust. Bull. of the Georg. Acad. of Sci., 159, N1, p.117-180.

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze, D.M.Shengelia et al., 1999. New data on the Geological structure of the Locki Crystalline massif. Bull. of the Georgian Acad. of Sci., 160,N1,p.93-97.

·        I.P.Gamkrelidze (co-authors M.Caputo et al.), 2000. Geostructural basis and geophysical investigations for the seismic hazard assessment and prediction in the Caucasus. IL NUOVO GIMENTO, vol.23C, N2, p.p.191-215.        

I.P.Gamkrelidze, D.M.Shengelia, 2001. Origin of the igneous rocks of the Dzirula crystalline massif (Caucasus) in ligth of the tectonic layering of the Earth's crust. Geotectonics, N1, 51-61.

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