scientific interests
My professional specialty covers sedimentology, geochemistry and natural hazards, and my major scientific interests include:| 1.1 | Sedimentation processes, especially in glacial, coastal and shelf environments read more... |
| 1.2 | Sedimentary record of
environmental changes, particularly of catastrophic events read more... |
| 1.3 | Sediment accumulation rates and techniques of its measuring (radioisotopes: 210Pb, 137Cs, sediment traps) read more... |
| 1.4 | Geological and environmental effects of tsunami read more... |
| 1.5 | Glaciers, permafrost and ice caves read more... |
| 1.6 | Environmental geology read more... |
study sites
My research activity focuses mainly in five areas (map). More details on my scientific expeditions can be foud here.
Background of the photo after NASA
Svalbard
 Svalbard archipelago is a kind of natural laboratory for geoscientists. It is also area, which is very sensitive to ongoing global changes. In Svalbard archipelago I have worked on land and offshore. The areas of the main interests include basins of following fjords: Hornsund, Billefjorden, Adventfjorden, Tempelfjorden, Isfjorden and Kongsfjorden. Moreover, I have worked also on continental shelf off the west coast of Spitsbergen. Photo: Nordenskiöld glacier in Billefjorden, central Spitsbergen. The glacier front retreats on average 35 m per year in the recent decades. See Rachlewicz et al. 2007 for details. |
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Poland
 In
Poland I worked in the
very south, in the highest mountains (Tatra mountains), on the lowland
nearby
Poznań – my home city, as well as at the Baltic Sea coast and offshore.
Photo: View from research vessel Oceania on the border of sediment laden freshwater plume formed in the Gulf of Gdańsk (Baltic Sea) during May 2010 large river flood. See Zajączkowski et al. 2010 for details. |
Thailand
 My work in Thailand was focused on Andaman Sea coast and continental shelf, which were affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Photo: The fisher boat carried by 26th December 2004 tsunami from open sea on land and left in Nham Kem village (Thailand). Apart from the vessel the tsunami wave transported and left on land also a lot of debris and sandy tsunami deposits. The latter were contaminated with salt and heavy metals. See Szczuciński et al. 2005 for details. |
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Vietnam
 I worked on continental shelf of Vietnam. Mainly in two regions – nearby Nha Trang city, where the continental shelf is relatively narrow and on the large Mekong river delta and adjacent continental shelf. Photo: German research vessel Sonne in Nha Trang harbour (Vietnam), located in Nha Trang Bay. See Szczuciński et al. 2009 for details. |
Japan
 I started working in Japan this year, during the post-tsunami field survey after 11th March 2011 Tohoku tsunami. I focused on Sendai plain area. Photo: Large damages due to tsunami in the harbour area, Natori (Japan), See Sugawara et al. 2011 for details. |
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