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Professor and Head
Department of Physical
and Applied Geology Eötvös University
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Scientific
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Research Group for Paleontology, |
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Mailing address:
Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest, H-1117 Hungary (university)
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Quick link to
selected recent papers |
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Velledits
et al. 2011. The oldest Triassic platform margin reef from the
Alpine–Carpathian Triassic, Aggtelek, NE Hungary. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |
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Ősi
et al. 2011. Early Jurassic (Hettangian) dinosaur tracksites from the Mecsek
Mountains, Hungary. Ichnos |
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Price
et al. 2011. Late Valanginian-Barremian (Early Cretaceous) palaeotemperatures
inferred from belemnite stable isotope and Mg/Ca ratios from Bersek Quarry
(Gerecse Mountains, Transdanubian Range, Hungary). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |
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Főzy
et al. 2010. Integrated isotope and biostratigraphy of a Lower Cretaceous
section from the Bakony Mountains (Transdanubian Range, Hungary): A new
Tethyan record of the Weissert event. Cretaceous
Research |
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Mundil
et al. 2010. The Triassic time scale: A review of geochronological
constraints. In: LUCAS, S.G. (ed.): The Triassic Timescale. Geological
Society of London, Special Publication. |
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Haas
et al. 2010. Late Triassic to Early Jurassic palaeogeography and eustatic
history in the NW Tethyan realm: New insights from sedimentary and organic
facies of the Csovar Basin (Hungary). Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |
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Götz
et al. 2009. Palynological evidence of synchronous changes within the
terrestrial and marine realm at the Triassic/Jurassic boundary (Csővár
section, Hungary). Review of Palaeobotany
and Palynology |
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Ruckwied
et al. 2008. Palynology of a terrestrial coal-bearing series across the
Triassic/Jurassic boundary (Mecsek Mts., Hungary). Central European Geology |
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Pálfy
2008. The quest for refined calibration of the Jurassic time scale. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association |
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Pálfy
et al. 2007. U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar dating of the
Miocene fossil track site at Ipolytarnóc (Hungary) and its implications. Earth
and Planetary Science Letters (abstract) |
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Pálfy
2007. Applications of quantitative biostratigraphy in chronostratigraphy and
time scale construction. Stratigraphy (abstract) |
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Yin et
al. 2007. Ammonoids and the
Triassic-Jurassic boundary in the Himalayas of southern |
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Tomas
& Pálfy 2007. Revision of Early Jurassic ammonoid types from the
Perşani Mts. (East Carpathians, Romania). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie
und Paläontologie (abstract) |
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Pálfy
et al. 2007. Triassic/Jurassic
boundary events inferred from integrated stratigraphy of the Csővár
section, |
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Hesselbo
et al. 2007.
Triassic–Jurassic boundary events: problems, progress, possibilities.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (abstract) |
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Haas et al. 2007. Environmental changes in
the Permian-Triassic boundary interval recorded on a western Tethyan ramp in
the Bükk Mts., |
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Barbacka, Pálfy & Smith 2006. Hettangian
(Early Jurassic) plant fossils from |
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Pálfy
et al. 2003. Mid-Triassic integrated U–Pb geochronology and ammonoid
biochronology from the Balaton Highland (Hungary). Journal of the
Geological Society, London (abstract) |
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Pálfy
et al. 2001. Carbon isotope anomaly and other geochemical changes at the
Triassic/Jurassic boundary from a marine section in Hungary. Geology (abstract) |
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Pálfy
and Smith 2000. Synchrony between Early Jurassic extinction, oceanic
anoxic event, and the Karoo–Ferrar flood basalt volcanism. Geology (abstract) |
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Pálfy
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Pálfy
et al. 2000. Timing the end-Triassic mass extinction: First on land, then in
the sea? Geology (abstract) |
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Curriculum Vitae
Born in
Education,
academic degrees
D.Sc., Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, 2004
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1997
M.Sc., University of British Columbia, 1991
B.Sc. (=Diploma in Geology), Eötvös University, Budapest: 1986
Employment
Head of Department, Dept. of Physical and Applied
Geology,
Professor, Department of Physical and Applied Geology,
Head of Department, Dept. of Geology and Paleontology,
Senior Research Scientist, Research Group for Paleontology,
Research Scientist and Curator, Department of Geology
and Paleontology,
Sessional Lecturer,
Teaching Assistant,
Research Assistant,
Awards/Scholarships
ICS Medal (International Commission on Stratigraphy,
“for Outstanding Contribution to Stratigraphy”), 2008
Bolyai Plaque,
Bolyai Research Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, 2001–2004
Elemér Szádeczky-Kardoss Prize, Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, 2001, 2000, 1998
Humboldt Research Fellow, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, 2000/01
Junior Fellow, Collegium Budapest (Institute for Advanced Study), 1998/99
Scholarship of the Alfried Krupp Foundation, 1998/99
University Graduate Fellowship (University of British Columbia): 1996/97,
1993/94, 1992/93, 1990
Izaak W. Killam Pre-doctoral Fellowship: 1995/96, 1994/95
Outstanding Student Research Award, Geological Society of America: 1995
Best Student Presentation Prize, 5th Canadian Paleontology Conference,
Drumheller: 1995
Scholarship of the "For the Hungarian Science Foundation": 1991
Andor Semsey Youth Prize, Honorable Mention, Hungarian Geological Society: 1988
First-time Speakers' Conference, Hungarian Geological Society, Best
Presentation Prize: 1986
Service
in scientific bodies and conference organization
Chair of Earth Science 1 Panel, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, 2008-2010
Chair, Jurassic Subcommission of the International Stratigraphic Commission, 2008–
Member
of Editorial Board:
Volumina Jurassica (2010– ),
Solid Earth (2009- )
Central European Geology (formerly Acta Geologica Hungarica
(2005– ),
Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (2008–2010),
Geobiology (2005–2009)
Voting member, Jurassic Subcommission of the
International Stratigraphic Commission, 2000-
Chairman, Paleontology Section of the Hungarian Geological Society, 2000-
Secretary, Paleontological Scientific Committee, Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
1999-2005
Member of the Organizing Committee, 5th International Symposium on the Jurassic
System, Vancouver, 1998
Secretary of the Organizing Committee, Regional Field Symposium on Mesozoic
Brachiopods, 1992
Research interests
My research
interests span two geologic periods (the Triassic and Jurassic), two
subdisciplines (paleontology and geochronology), two phyla (Mollusca -
including two of its groups, ammonoids and bivalves, and Brachiopoda), and two
continents (North America and
1. Mass extinctions
Through my research of ammonoid evolution and Jurassic
time scale, I became interested in the phenomenon of mass extinctions. I am
particularly keen to participate in efforts to unravel causes and effects of
the end-Triassic event, one of the Big Five extinctions, and the Early Jurassic
(Pliensbachian-Toarcian) event of smaller magnitude. I co-led a successful
international project (IGCP 458) focused the Triassic-Jurassic boundary events.
My field studies targeted boundary sections both in
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Some of
the results are summarized in this volume:
Hesselbo, S.P.,
2. Jurassic time scale calibration
A large project that included my Ph.D. research is
aimed at an improved calibration of the Jurassic time scale. To augment the
database of stratigraphically well-constrained isotopic ages from the Jurassic,
more than twenty new U-Pb zircon ages have been obtained. The samples were
collected from volcanic units bracketed by fossiliferous sediments. Suitable
volcanosedimentary sequences occur in the uppermost Triassic through Middle
Jurassic of North American Cordillera. Field work was carried out in the Alaska
Peninsula, southern
The new U-Pb dates integrated with zonal level
ammonoid biochronology provide improved constraints on stage boundaries and
allow, for the first time, direct estimation of some zonal boundary ages. My
relevant pieces are labelled "U-Pb" in the List of Publications. Renewed
efforts will be funded by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (Grant No.
K72633).
3. Jurassic ammonoid
biostratigraphy
My M.Sc. thesis project focused on developing an
ammonoid zonation for the Sinemurian of the Queen Charlotte Islands, site of
one of the most fossiliferous Lower Jurassic successions in
4. Triassic time scale calibration
In a project in collaboration with Attila Vörös, Randy
Parrish (NIGL,
5. Triassic brachiopods of Hungary
My B.Sc. thesis and subsequent research led to a
revision of classical Middle Triassic brachiopod faunas of the Balaton
Highland. Besides the systematic paleontology and a biostratigraphic study, the
paleoecologic and paleobiogeographic analyses yielded new insights. Different
Middle Triassic paleoenvironments are characterized by their well-defined
brachiopod assemblages. At a regional scale, brachiopod faunas of various
tectonostratigraphic units of
Personal
I'm married and
currently live in
Links
Thanks for staying with me so far. Now I offer you an
eclectic selection of links to sites reflecting my background and various
interests.
Learn something about Hungary
See my hometown Budapest
If you have trouble reading Hungarian, this dictionary may be of help
Visit my alma maters:
the Eötvös University of Budapest
and its paleontological department,
the University of British Columbia
and its Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Visit the institute where I spent
one of the most enjoyable years of my life:
the Collegium Budapest
And don't miss the pages of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin,
where I spent another great year
Check out my PhD advisor, Paul L. Smith 's home page
Find out the e-mail addresses of Hungarian geo-folks
Look at the Hungarian Orienteering homepage. (Did you know that I ran my first
orienteering race twenty years ago and was once a member of the national junior
squad?)
More recently I’ve been involved in mountain
biking in this club, and one of my sons won the title in the junior
national championship.
Visit the societies I have been a
member of:
Geological Society of Hungary
Geological Association of Canada
Geological Society of America
Visit these government agencies that
generously supported several of my research projects:
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
Geological Survey of Canada
British
Columbia Geological Survey
Canada/Yukon Geoscience Office
And of course, visit the web pages
of the Hungarian Natural History Museum
and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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