Department of General and Marine Geology and Paleontology
Head of the department - Yanko Valentina Venediktovna
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor
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Faculty staff:
- Yanko Valentina Venediktovna - Professor, PhD, Doctor of Sciences, Head of the Department
- Kadurin Vladimir Nikolayevich, professor, PhD
- Kravchuk Anna Olegovna - Associate Professor, PhD, vice Dean
- Fedoronchuk Natalia Aleksandrovna - Associate Professor, PhD, vice Dean
- Kondaryuk Tetyana Olehivna - Associate Professor, PhD
- Kakaranza Serhiy Dmytrovych - Associate Professor, PhD
Educational Support Staff:
- Matkovska Tetyana Fedorivna, Senior laboratory assistant of te Department
Employees of Petrographic-Mineralogical Museum:
- Usenko Valeriy Pavlovych - Director of the Geological Museum
- Kandyba Halina Ivanivna - Specialist of the Geological Museum
- Kondratenko Petro Ivanovych - Laboratory assistant of the Geological Museum
Employees of Paleontological Museum:
- Podoplelova, Natalia Georgievna - Director of the Paleontological Museum
- Larchenkova, Oleksandra Hryhorivna - Specialist of the Paleontological Museum
- Lobodska Olena Viktorivna – Specialist of the 2nd category the Paleontological Museum
Underground Paleontological Reserve:
- Proni Konstantin Konstrantinovich – Director of the Underground Paleontological Reserve
Employees of the Department of General, Marine Geology and Paleontology (from left to right): sitting - Pronin K.K., Yanko V.V., Kadurin V.M., Fedoronchuk N.O.; standing - Usenko V.P., Kandyba G.I., Matkovskaya T.F., Kondariuk T.O., Lobodskaya O.V., Kravchuk G.O., Larchenkova O.G., Kondratenko P.I., Podoplelova N.G.
Training of specialists
The Department of General, Marine Geology and Paleontology trains specialists at the following educational levels:
Educational level - BACHELOR
- Specialist 103 Earth Sciences
- Educational program "Marine Geology, Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology"
- Duration of study: full-time - 3 years 10 months (8 semesters); correspondence form - 4 years 10 months (10 semesters)
Educational level - MASTER
- Speciality 103 Earth Sciences
- Educational and professional program "Earth Sciences"
- Duration of study: full-time / part-time - 1 year 4 months (3 semesters)
Освітній рівень – Ph.D Doctor of Philisophy
- 103 Earth Sciences
- Educational and scientific program "Earth Sciences"
- Duration of training 4 years
Graduates of the department work in the specialty in state regional geological enterprises, specialized geological centers, environmental services, research organizations, teachers of geological disciplines and ecology in universities and secondary special educational institutions.
Scientific school Problems of marine geology and paleontology
Head: Valentina YANKO, Doctor of Geological-Mineralogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Physical, Marine Geology and Paleontology; Head of the "Scientific and Educational Center for Geoarchaeology, Marine Geology and Geoecology", Scientific Manager of the Paleontological Museum of ONU named after I.I. Mechnikov. Scientific papers (for the last 3 years): 108, total Hirsh Index h = 27, number of citations 1086
I. AREAS OF RESEARCH OF THE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL
- Marine paleontology and micropaleontology. Head - Valentina YANKO.
- Marine geology and minerals. Head - Volodymyr KADURIN, PhD, Professor.
- Formation of placers in the coastal and coastal zone of the seas and oceans. Head - Yuri SHUISKY, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Physical Geography, Nature Management and Geoinformation Technologies of ONU named after II Mechnikov.
- The impact of climate change and sea level on the adaptive strategy of ancient man. Head - Olena SMYNTYNA, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Archaeology and Ethnology of Ukraine, ONU named after II Mechnikov.
- Remote (satellite) sounding of the Earth and the ocean. Head - Sergey KADURIN, Head of the Problem Research Laboratory of Engineering Geology of the Coast of Seas and Reservoirs and Mountain Slopes of Ukraine, II Mechnikov ONU., Ph.D. in Marine Geology, Associate Professor of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Number of representatives of the scientific school: 30: professors - 6, associate professors - 8, other categories (with and without a scientific degree, directorі of museums and underground paleontological reserve, specialists, graduate students, undergraduates) -18.
II. Scientific activities
State budget prijects: 1. "Study of the unloading of deep fluid flows on the bottom of the Black Sea in order to assess the safety of navigation". 2. "Development of forecast criteria for the search for hydrocarbon deposits in the Black Sea on the basis of the theory of fluidogenesis", Leader Valentina YANKO. 3. "Study of the current engineering and geodynamic state of the bottom and coastal strip of the north-western part of the Black Sea". Leader Sergey KADURIN. 4. "Theoretically substantiate the interaction between nature and human society in the north-western Black Sea region during the late Pleistocene and Holocene", Leader Valentyna YANKO. 5. To study the processes of formation and spatial distribution of methane in the Black Sea and theoretically substantiate its impact on the eco- and geosystems of the basin, Leader Valentyna YANKO. Economic contract topics: "Comprehensive geochemical mapping and forecast-geochemical modeling of oil and gas prospects in the northern part of the area of exploration and detailed work of HRT title 402 within the Krylov depression of the North-Western shelf of the Black Sea", Leader Igor SUCHKOV. 2. "Conducting an analysis to determine the quality of oil and petroleum products in the marine environment with the determination of the composition and structure depending on the genesis", Leader Igor SUCHKOV.
International projects (Leader Valentyna YANKO): 1. INQUA IFG 1709 POCAS “Ponto-Caspian stratigraphy and geochronology” (2017-2022,). UNESCO-IGCP 610 “From the Caspian to the Mediterranean changes in the environment and human response during the Quaternary period”; UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP 521 “Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor during the last 30 ky: sea level change and human adaptation”; INQUA 501 “Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor during the last 30 ky: Sea level change and human adaptation”; UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP 610; “From the Caspian to Mediterranean: Environmental Change and Human Response during the Quaternary”; Sixth Framework Program HERMES “Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas; BLACK SEA ERA.NET WAPCOAST “Water pollution prevention options for coastal zones and tourist areas: Application to Danube Delta front”.
III. The main achievements of the Scientific School
- Marine geological research, which focuses on mineral resources, ie oil, gas and gas hydrates in the Black Sea. In this direction, the school cooperates with the European program Marine Gas Hydrate - an Indigenous Resource of Natural Gas For Europe (MIGRATE) implemented as ESSEM COST Action ES1405, in which Prof. Valentina YANKO participates as an Observer of the Steering Committee.
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Marine paleontological research, including in the framework of international projects funded by the European Commission (AVICENNE, INCO-COPERNICUS, HERMES, WAPCOAST), aimed at; (1) monitoring of pollution of sea and ocean sediments by heavy metals, methane, oil, pesticides, (2) study of bottom organisms as a search criteria of hydrocarbon gas accumulations under the seabed, (3) biostratigraphic studies at the ONU Paleontological Museum and Underground Paleontological Resrve that are objects of special value not only in Ukraine but also in the world.
- Geoarchaeological research, in which ONU is a leader in Ukraine. This priority area covers the impact of climate, sea level change and coastline migration on human adaptation strategy in the Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean corridor in the Quaternary period. The direction has been formed during the last decade within the framework of the International Geological Correlation Program (IGCP) under the auspices of UNESCO and the International Geological Union. In this area, the Scientific School cooperates with scientists from 32 countries, 86 institutes and universities, and works closely with the European Program in Marine Geoarchaeology "SPLASHCOS - Submerged Prehistoric Archeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf», Oceans Past Platform (OPP) (in which professors Yanko and Smyntyna participate as Observers of the Steering Committee), INQUA International Focus Groups POCAS - Ponto-Caspian stratigraphy and geochronology, and IGCP 610 “From the Caspian to the Mediterranean Sea: Environment Change and Human Response during the Quaternary” (http://www.avalon-institute.org/IGCP610/index.php)
Some innovations and discoveries of the Scientific School are: (1) the use of meiobenthos for search of methane reservoirs on the Black Sea floor and possibly other basins of the world, (2) environmental research, ie, the study of morphological deformations of foraminiferal tests as indicators of pollution, (4) forecast criteria for searching for hydrocarbon deposits in the Black Sea on the basis of the theory of fluidogenesis; (3) establishing the nature of Holocene transgression in the Black Sea and its impact on humans.
Advances (theoretical and practical) have led to a prognostic model for finding: (1) hydrocarbon deposits and (2) submerged prehistoric sites on the northwestern Black Sea shelf, and some hints of their conservation given the two main Black Sea transgression scenarios. beginning of the Holocene - progressive and catastrophic. The methodology of both types of searches is published in English in two monographs in leading publications. To reveal interesting and little-known facts in the activities of the scientific school, ie the use of meiobenthos to search for hydrocarbons in the Black Sea, the creation of a model for submerged prehistoric areas on the northwestern shelf of the Black Sea and others.
Diplomas, Acknowledgments and Other Awards
Historical information
The Department of Geology was opened in the early 80s of the 19th century. Since 1971 - Department of General and Marine Geology. In the late XIX - early XX centuries in the works of A.K. Alekseev, N.I/Andrusov, E.A. Gaponov, A.N. Krishtofovich, V.I. Krokos, V.D. Laskarev, K.A. Przhemysky, I.F. Sintsov, I.L. Khomenko developed a paleontological and stratigraphic direction. The petrographic and mineralogical direction was headed in 1871-1886 by Professor N.A. Golovkinsky, who introduced the concept of facies into geological science. Later, the petrogafo-mineralogical direction was continued by university graduates, professors R.A. Prendel and M.D. Sidorenko. The teaching of geology was restored in the 1930s. In the 1940s, the Departments Of Geology and Paleontology, Mineralogy and Petrography were opened. The petrographic and mineralogical direction was resurrected in the 50s by associate professor L.I. Pazyuk, who carried out work on the study of crystalline rocks of the Middle Bug region. In the late 60s, the study of minerals and ore manifestations of the zones of activation of the Ukrainian shield began, the mineralogical composition of ore occurrences of rare and noble metals was established (I.V. Nosyrev, V.M. Kaduriin, V.M. Robul, A.V. Chepizhko and others .). Paleontological research traditional for the department under the guidance of Professor I.Ya. Yatsko was conducted by I.A. Odintsov, V.V. Yanko, B.B. Mukha and others, in the early 80s this direction was headed by Professor S.A. Moroz, and then - Professor V.V. Yanko. Since the beginning of the 70s, a new direction began to develop at the department - micropaleontological substantiation of stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Quaternary deposits of the southern European seas (V.V. Yanko. N.M. Ilnitskaya and others). Since the late 60s, under the guidance of Associate Professor G.G. Tkachenko, gas geochemical survey for oil and gas fields has begun on the north-western shelf of the Black Sea. Since the beginning of the 1970s, geological studies have been widely developed to study stratigraphy, tectonics and paleogeography of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary basins of the Northern Black Sea region and the Black Sea shelf to predict oil and gas potential (I.N. Sulimov, E.P. Larchenkov, S.A. Moroz, V. V. Yanko and others). In 1978, an Industry Laboratory of Marine Geology and Geochemistry was established, whose employees conducted research in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, in the Black, Mediterranean, Caspian and Northern Seas (under supervision of G.G. Tkachenko, A, P. Cherednichenko, B. S. Slyusar). As a result of these works, the following results were obtained:
- the hydrocarbon gas survey of the north-western shelf of the Black Sea and the entire Sea of Azov;
- the first regional map of the engineering-geological zoning of the Sea of Azov bottom in course of construction of underwater oil and gas pipelines was compiled;
- studies of iron-manganese and sulfide hydrothermal ore formation in the Indian Ocean were carried out, mineral maps of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans were compiled;
- adiscovery of fine gold in industrial concentrations on the Black Sea shelf was acheved;
- the first ecological and geological map of the north-western shelf of the Black Sea was compiled
The authors and leaders of research at different times were G.G. Tkachenko, I.P. Zelinsky, V.V. Yanko, L.V. Ishchenko, E.P. Larchenkov, V.P. Reznik, O.P. Kravchuk, S.A. Kopylov, O.E. Fesyunov, S.A. Vereshchak, V.V. Nikulin, A.P. Cherednichenko, I.A. Suchkov and others.
Since the beginning of the 90s, ecological and geological topics have become predominant in the scientific research of the Department and Laboratory. The following works were carried out: on environmental and geological support of oil and gas prospecting on the Black Sea shelf, which is mandatory when preparing structures for drilling; to study the influence of the interaction of bottom sediments and the water column on the ecological state of the marine environment; analysis of the role of hydrocarbon gases as indicators of environmental pollution. A new method has been developed for tracing various types of pollution by foraminifers and ostracods, tested for the first time in the Eastern Mediterranean, and then in the Black Sea.
A new direction was formed - geological-ecological, geophysical and geotoxicological (V.M. Kadurin, O.P. Kravchuk, E.P. Larchenkov, I.A. Suchkov, A.V. Chepizhko) and micropaleontological (V.V. Yanko , A.O. Kravchuk) studies of the degree of anthropogenic impact on the marine environment. In the complex of geotoxicometric studies, the priority of the geological approach to assessing the quality of the living organisms, the analysis of spatio-temporal patterns of matter migration and the transformation of physical fields is highlighted.
Since 2005, within the framework of the International Program of Geological Correlation (IGCP) under the auspices of UNESCO and the International Geological Union (IUGS), a geoarchaeological direction has been developing in the scientific research of the department to study the Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean corridor: the impact of climate, sea level change and coastline migration on the human adaptation strategy during the Quaternary period. The department cooperates with the Department of Archeology and Ethnology of Ukratna (headed by Prof. E.V. Smyntyna), also with scientists from 32 countries, 86 institutes and universities, and closely cooperates with the European Program for Marine Geoarchaeology “SPLASHCOS - Submerged Prehistoric Archeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf ”, in which Professors Yanko V.V. and Smyntyna E.V. participate as Observers of the steering committee
In 2007, the Intersectoral Educational and Scientific Center for Geoarchaeology, Marine and Ecological Geology was established, which is an educational and scientific subdivision of the structure of the Research Branch of ONU named after I.I. Mechnikov. The purpose of the CENTER is to conduct scientific research and create scientific and scientific-applied results that are competitive on the world market, carry out innovative activities and, on this basis, provide conditions for the implementation of in-depth scientific and scientific and technical training of specialists in the field of marine geology, geoecology and geoarchaeology.
In May 2020, the Department was renamed intoe Department of General, Marine Gnology and Paleontology. This was due to the fact that the department operates the Scientific School "PROBLEMS OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY", which goes back to the opening of the university in 1865 (V.D. Laskarev, N.I. Andrusov, and later I.Ya. Yatsko) . Today the School is is headed by Prof. V.V. Yanko, a student and follower of the ideas of these scientists. Thus, during the many years of the existence of the university, continuity has been observed and paleontology has always remained one of the leading disciplines. Today, the department has three generations of paleontologists (50% of its composition) (Prof. V.V. Yanko and her students, associate professors A.O. Kravchuk and T.O. Kondaryuk), which ensures the continuity of the scientific direction and forms the Scientific School.
The educational work of the department is closely connected with paleontology. Paleontology with Historical Geology is a classic core discipline and is taught during two semesters. It follows by the course Micropaleontology and Geochronology with Stratigraphy, and than Stratigraphy of Quaternary sediments of the Black Se For PhD students, the course Advanced Topics in Paleontology, Micropaleontology and Paleoecology is taught .
The scientific work of the Department is closely related to the paleontology of marine and continental sediments. In recent years, the Department has received funding for more many millions hryvnias; the major part of resrach is paleontology (micropaleontology) (FR 5 HERMES), EU WAPCOST, State budjet projects. Postgraduate and PhD students (Kondariuk T.A., Gura O., Mudrik I.S., etc.) actively participated in the projects including international scientific cruises
The Department is the main organizer of a series of international conderences in 12 countries on two continents, confirming by its example that geology has no boundaries and is out of politics (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1. Geography of cooperation of the Department of General, Marine Geology and Paleontology with educational and industrial organizations in different countries of the world (shaded).
The scientific works of the staff of the department are well known abroad. Only in the scientometric publications Scopus, WoS over the past 5 years, more than 30 papers have been published, a significant part of which is dealing paleontology (micropaleontology). Among them are fundamental monographs published by the most cited publishers such as Springer.
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