Dan Giușcă (14 July 1904 – 10 August 1988) was a Romanian geologist and a member of the Romanian Academy.
Dan Giușcă | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 July 1904 |
| Died | 10 August 1988 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Citizenship | Romanian |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest, University of Cluj, ETH Zurich |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | geology, petrology |
| Institutions | Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest |
| Thesis | (1927) |
Biography edit
In 1927, Giușcă received his PhD in chemistry from the University of Cluj, having his theses on the morphotropic effect of closing of spiranic cycles.[1] After finishing his degree, he was hired by Ludovic Mrazec at the Geologic Institute and at the University of Bucharest's Department of Mineralogy.[1] In 1929, Giușcă obtained a scholarship at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, after which he worked in Germany at the laboratories of Paul Niggli and Wilhelm Eitel.[1]
After returning to Romania in 1931, he taught at the University of Bucharest and conducted research at the Geologic Institute. At the age of 33, he became a lecturer (conferențiar) and at the age of 44, he became a professor.[1] Dan Giușcă was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1963[2] and a titular member in 1974.[3] Throughout his career he published over 130 scientific articles and books.[4]
Work edit
After returning to Bucharest, Giușcă began studying at the Institute of Geology magmatic and metamorphic rocks.[1] He studied the chemical structure of Nagyágite,[1] contact metamorphism at Băița Bihorului and discovered a new of deposit zeolites.[2] In the Hinghiș Mountains, he studied granitic rocks, while in the Vlădeasa Massif he studied volcanic phenomena and the associated hydrothermal metamorphism.[2] Giușcă studied the granitic rocks of the Pricopan Ridge in Northern Dobruja, arguing for a magmatic origin of the epidote.[2]
During the 1950s, Giușcă began studying a new field: neogene volcanism and old metamorphism in the Carpathians. His studies included the neogene vulcanites of the Gutâi Mountains.[2] He continued studying mesozoic magmatism through the study of banatites and ophiolites in the Apuseni Mountains.[2]
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References edit
- Rădulescu, Dan (2004). "Dan Giușcă - 100 ani de la naștere" (PDF). Romanian Journal of Petrology. 79 (Supplement Nr. 1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2013.