Professor Grzegorz Racki

Profesor Grzegorz Racki, D.Sc.

CV:

1976 — M.Sc degree (Warsaw University);

1984 — Ph.D. degree (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw);

1994 — D.Sc. degree (Polish Geological Institute, Warsaw).

2000 — Professor (appointment – July 4, 2000)

racki@us.edu.pl

Address:

Office: University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Department of Ecosystem Stratigraphy,
Będzińska str. 60, 41–200 Sosnowiec, POLAND
phone 48–32–3689-229; fax 48–32–2915865

Home: Wczasowa str. 18b/4, 40-694 Katowice, POLAND;
phone 48–32–2021670

Position:

Professor;

Supervisor of the Department of Ecosystem Stratigraphy.
Head of the Institute of Palaeobiology (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw).

Scientific areas:

Palaeozoology, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of middle Palaeozoic (Devonian brachiopods and conodonts);
Event stratigraphy, in particular Devonian episodes of mass extinctions;
Scientometry.

Main publications:

Racki Grzegorz, 2007: Frasnian stromatoporoid-alveolitid-cryptomicrobial mud-mounds, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. In: Vennin, E., Aretz, M., Boulvain, F., Munnecke, A. (eds.), Facies from Palaeozoic Reefs and Bioaccumulations. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Vol.195, 203–205. Paris.

Mahmudy Gharaie M.H., Matsumoto R., Racki G. & Kakuwa Y., 2007: Chemostratigraphy of Frasnian-Famennian transition: Possibility of methane hydrate dissociation leading to mass extinction. In: Monechi S. (ed.), Large Ecosystem Perturbations: Causes and Consequences, Geological Society of America Special Paper 424, 109–125.
Yans J., Corfield R.M., Racki G. & Preat, A., 2007: Evidence for perturbation of the carbon cycle in the Middle Frasnian punctata Zone (Late Devonian). Geological Magazine, 144 (2), 263–270.

Narkiewicz Marek, Racki Grzegorz, Skompski Stanisław & Szulczewski Michał, 2006: Zapis procesów i zdarzeń w dewonie i karbonie Gór Świętokrzyskich. In: Skompski S., Żylińska A. (eds.), Procesy i Zdarzenia w Historii Geologicznej Gór Świętokrzyskich. LXXVII Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Geologicznego, Ameliówka k. Kielc, 51–77.

Grzegorz Racki & Marek Narkiewicz (eds.), 2006: Polskie zasady stratygrafii. pp. 78. Wydawnictwa PIG, Warszawa.

Baliński Andrzej, Olempska Ewa & Racki Grzegorz, 2006: Early-Middle Frasnian transition: Biotic response to a major perturbation of the global carbon budget. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (4), 606–608.
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Pisarzowska Agnieszka, Sobstel Małgorzata & Racki Grzegorz, 2006: Conodont-based event stratigraphy of the Early-Middle Frasnian transition on South Polish carbonate shelf. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (4), 609–646.
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Sobstel Małgorzata, Makowska-Haftka Marzena & Racki Grzegorz, 2006: Conodont ecology in the Early-Middle Frasnian transition on the South Polish carbonate shelf. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (4), 719–746.
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Morozova I.P., Weis O.B. & Racki, G., 2006: New Devonian and Carboniferous Bryozoans of the Holy Cross Mountains (Central Poland). Paleontological Journal, Vol. 40, No. 5, 529–540.
Racki Grzegorz, 2005: Toward understanding Late Devonian global events: few answers, many questions. [In:] J. Over, J. Morrow & P.B. Wignall (eds.), Understanding Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic Biotic and Climatic Events: Towards an Integrated Approach, Developments in Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Vol. 20, 5–36. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Riquier L., Tribovillard N., Averbuch O., Joachimski M.M., Racki G., Devleeschouwer X., El Albani A., Riboulleau A., 2005: Productivity and bottom water redox conditions at the Frasnian-Famennian boundary on both sides of the Eovariscan Belt: constraints from trace-element geochemistry. [In:] J. Over, J. Morrow & P.B. Wignall (eds.), Understanding Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic Biotic and Climatic Events: Towards an Integrated Approach, Developments in Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Vol. 20, 199–224. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Racki Grzegorz & Wignall Paul B., 2005: Late Permian double-phased mass extinction and volcanism: an oceanographic perspective. [In:] J. Over, J. Morrow & P.B. Wignall (eds.), Understanding Late Devonian and Permian–Triassic Biotic and Climatic Events: Towards an Integrated Approach, Developments in Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Vol. 20, 263–297. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Racki Grzegorz, 2005: The most popular publications of Przegląd Geologiczny in 1996–2003 (according to the Scopus™database). [in Polish]. Przegląd Geologiczny 53 (10/1), 839–843.
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Filipiak Paweł & Racki Grzegorz, 2005: Unique record of Devonian anoxic events in the Kowala Quarry near Kielce (central Poland). [in Polish]. Przegląd Geologiczny 53 (10), 846–847.
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Halamski Adam T. & Racki Grzegorz, 2005: Supplements 2005, [In:] Weddige K. [ed.], Devonian Correlation Table. Senckenbergiana lethaea, Band 85 (1), 191–200.
Racki Grzegorz, 2005: The pitfals of the "Master" Journal List from the Philadelphia Institute of Scientifis Information. Przegląd Geologiczny 57 (7), 560–561. Warszawa.
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Racki Grzegorz, 2005: Polish Geological Journals in Light of the ISI Citation Database. Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa 1 (163), 87–95.
Głuchowski Edward & Racki Grzegorz, 2005: Disarticulated crinoid stems from the Devonian and Carboniferous of north Devon, England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 55 (3), 161–172.
Racki Grzegorz, 2005: "Late Permian" vertebrate tracks from the Tumlin Sandstone of Poland – a commentary on some major implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (2), 394–396. Warszawa.
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Racki Grzegorz, 2005: Increasing international impact of Polish Polar Research. Polish Polar Research 26 (1), 85–86. Warszawa.
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Tribovillard N., Averbuch O., Devleeschouwer X., Racki G. & Riboulleau A., 2004: Deep-water anoxia over the Frasnian–Famennian boundary (La Serre, France): a tectonically induced oceanic anoxic event?. Terra Nova, v.16, No.5, 288–295.
Racki Grzegorz, 2004: "Geological Quarterly" w świetle indeksów cytowań ISI. Przegląd Geologiczny, v.52, No.9, 866–872.
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Racki Grzegorz, Piechota Agnieszka, Bond David & Wignall Paul, 2004: Geochemical and ecological aspects of lower Frasnian pyrite-ammonoid level at Kostomłoty (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). Geological Quarterly, v.48, No.3, 267–282.
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Bond David, Wignall Paul B. & Racki Grzegorz, 2004: Extent and duration of marine anoxia during the Frasnian-Famennian (Late Devonian) mass extinction in Poland, Germany, Austria and France. Geological Magazine, v.141, No.2, 173–193.
Racki Grzegorz & Koeberl Christian, 2004: Comment on "Impact Ejecta Layer from the Mid-Devonian: Possible Connection to Global Mass Extinctions". Science, v.303, No.5657, p.471.
Racki Grzegorz & Sobstel Małgorzata, 2004: Very large stromatoporoid indicating Early Frasnian reef core (Holy Cross Mts., Poland). Geological Quarterly, v.48, No.1, 83–88.
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Racki Grzegorz & Wignall Paul, 2004: Comment on: Orbital cyclostratigraphy of the Devonian Frasnian–Famennian transition in South China, by Gong, Y.M., Li, B.H., Wang, Y., Wu, Y., Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 168 (2001), 237–248. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v.205, No.1–2, 169–170.
Racki Grzegorz, 2003: End-Permian mass extinction: oceanographic consequences of double catastrophic volcanism. Lethaia, v.36, 171–173. Oslo.
Racki Grzegorz, 2003: Polskie czasopisma geograficzne a międzynarodowy obieg informacji naukowej. Przegląd Geograficzny, v.75, No.1, 101–119.
Racki Grzegorz, 2003: What is hot in sedimentary research over the millennium crossroad? Acta Geologica Polonica, v.52 (2002), No.4, 577–584.
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Racki Grzegorz, 2003: Polish Polar Research as a medium of international scientific communication 1996–2002. Polish Polar Research, 23 (2002), No.3–4, 279–292.
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Baliński Andrzej, Olempska Ewa & Racki Grzegorz, 2002: Biotic responses to the Late Devonian global events: Introductory remarks. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.47, No.2, 186–188.
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Vishnevskaya Valentina, Pisera Andrzej & Racki Grzegorz, 2002: Siliceous biota (radiolarians and sponges) and the Late Devonian biotic crisis: The Polish reference. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.47, No.2, 211–226.
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Casier Jean-Georges, Devleeschouwer Xavier, Lethiers Francis, Préat Alain & Racki Grzegorz, 2002: Ostracods and fore-reef sedimentology of the Frasnian-Famennian boundary beds in Kielce (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.47, No.2, 227–246.
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Morozova Iraida P., Weis Olga B. & Racki Grzegorz, 2002: Emergence and extinction of the Givetian to Frasnian bryozoan faunas in the Kostomłoty facies zone, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.47, No.2, 307–317.
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Yudina Alexandra B., Racki Grzegorz, Savage Norman M., Racka Maria & Małkowski Krzysztof, 2002: The Frasnian-Famennian events in a deep-shelf succession, Subpolar Urals: biotic, depositional, and geochemical records. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.47, No.2, 355–372.
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Racki Grzegorz, Racka Maria, Matyja Hanna & Devleeschouwer Xavier, 2002: The Frasnian/Famennian boundary interval in the South Polish-Moravian shelf basins: integrated event-stratigraphical approach. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v.181, No.1-3, 251–297.
Racki Grzegorz & Wrzołek Tomasz, 2001: Causes of mass extinctions. Lethaia, v.34, No.3, 200–202.
Racki Grzegorz, Wignall Paul P., 2001: Eutrophication by decoupling of the marine biogeochemical cycles of C, N, and P: a mechanism for the Late Devonian mass extinction. Comment. Geology, v.29, No.5, 469–470.
Joachimski Michael M., Ostertag-Henning Christian, Pancost Richard D., Strauss Harald, Freeman Katherine H., Littke Ralf, Damsté Jaap S. & Racki Grzegorz, 2001: Water column anoxia, enhanced productivity and concomitant changes in δ¹³C and δ³⁴S across the Frasnian-Famennian boundary (Kowala, Holy Cross Mountains/Poland). Chemical Geology, v.175, No.1–2, 109–131.
Racki Grzegorz & Turnau Elżbieta, 2000: Devonian series and stage boundaries in Poland. In: P. Bultynck (ed.), Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy, Recognition of Devonian series and stage boundaries in geological areas. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, v.225, 145–158.
Casier Jean-George, Devleeschouwer Xavier, Lethiers Francis, Preat Alain & Racki Grzegorz, 2000: Ostracods and sedimentology of the Frasnian–Famennian boundary in the Kostomłoty section (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland) in relation with the Late Devonian mass extinction. Bulletin de'l Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, v.70, 53–74.
Rigby J. Keith, Pisera Andrzej, Wrzołek Tomasz T. & Racki Grzegorz, 2001: Upper Devonian (Frasnian) sponges from the Holy Cross Mountains, Central Poland. Palaeontology, v.44, No.3, 447–488.
Racki Grzegorz & Cordey Fabrice, 2000: Radiolarian palaeoecology and radiolarites: is the present the key to the past? Earth-Science Reviews, v.52, No.1–3, 83–120.
Racki Grzegorz & Narkiewicz Marek, 2000: Tektoniczne a eustatyczne uwarunkowania rozwoju sedymentacji dewonu świętokrzyskiego. Przegląd Geologiczny, v.48, No.1, 65–76.
Racki Grzegorz & Baliński Andrzej, 1999: The impact factor of Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.44, No.4, 467–462.
Turnau Elżbieta & Racki Grzegorz, 1999: Givetian palynostratigraphy and palynofacies: new data from the Bodzentyn Syncline (Góry Świętokrzyskie Mts, central Poland). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v.106, No.3–4, 237–271.
Racki Grzegorz, 1999: Silica-secreting biota and mass extinctions: survival patterns and processes. [W:] Erwin D.H. (red.) Biotic Recoveries from Mass Extinctions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v.154, No.1–2, 107–132.
Racki Grzegorz, 1999: The Frasnian-Famennian biotic crisis: how many (if any) impacts? Geologische Rundschau, v.87, No.4, 617–632.
Racki Grzegorz, 1999: Kontrowersje wokół przyczyn wielkich katastrof ekologicznych w historii Ziemi: podsumowanie debaty. Przegląd Geologiczny, v.47, No.4, 343–348.
Racki Grzegorz, 1998: Frasnian-Famennian biotic crisis: undervalued tectonic control? Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v.141, No.3–4, 177–198.
Racki Grzegorz, 1998: The Frasnian-Famennian brachiopod extinction events: a preliminary review. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.43, No.2, 395–411.
Sartenaer Paul, Racki Grzegorz & Szulczewski Michał, 1998: The late Frasnian rhynchonellid genus Pammegetherhynchus (Brachiopoda) in Poland, and its relevance to the Kellwasser Crisis. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.43, No.2, 379–394.
Grunt Tatjana A. & Racki Grzegorz, 1998: Late Frasnian Athyridida (Brachiopoda) from Poland and the Late Devonian biotic turnover. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.43, No.2, 361–378.
Racki Grzegorz & Baliński Andrzej, 1998: Late Frasnian Atrypida (Brachiopoda) from Poland and the Frasnian-Famennian biotic crisis. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.43, No.2, 273–304.
Racki Grzegorz, 1997: Palaeontology in Science Citation Index 1995. Lethaia, v.30, 17–18.
Racki Grzegorz, 1997: Devonian eustatic events in Poland. [W:] House M.R., Ziegler, W. (red.) On sea-level fluctuations in the Devonian. Courier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg, v.199, 1–12.
Racki Grzegorz, 1997: Ranking polskich periodyków geologicznych. Przegląd Geologiczny, v.45, No.2, 161–166.
Racki Grzegorz, 1996: Z doświadczeń ilościowej oceny zespołów badawczych w naukach o Ziemi. Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa, v.31 (1995), nr 3–4, 171–178.
Racki Grzegorz, 1995: Co dalej z dewońską krzywą eustatyczną? Przegląd Geologiczny, v.43, No.8, 632–636.
Racki Grzegorz & Bultynck Pierre, 1994: Conodont biostratigraphy of the Middle to Upper Devonian boundary beds in the Kielce area of the Holy Cross Mts. Acta Geologica Polonica, v.44 (1993), No.1–2, 1–25.
Preat Alain & Racki Grzegorz, 1994: Small-scale cyclic sedimentation in the Early Givetian of the Holy Cross Mountains: Comparison with the Ardenne sequence. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, v.63 (1993), No.1–3, 13–31.
Karwowski Łukasz, Czaja Maria & Racki Grzegorz, 1993: Silicification in the Devonian limestones of the Holy Cross Mts and Silesia-Cracow region. Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Śląskiego nr 1331, Geologia, T. 12/13, 175–198.
Racki Grzegorz, Makowski Ireneusz, Mikłas Joanna & Gawlik Stanisława, 1993: Brachiopod biofacies in the Frasnian.reef-complexes: an example from the Holy Cross Mts, Poland. Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Śląskiego nr 1331, Geologia, T. 12/13, 64–109.
Racki Grzegorz & Soboń-Podgórska, 1993: Givetian and Frasnian calcareous microbiotas of the Holy Cross Mountains. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.37 (1992), No.2–4, 255–289.
Malec Jan & Racki Grzegorz, 1993: Givetian and Frasnian ostracod associations from the Holy Cross Mountains. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.37 (1992), No.2–4, 359–384.
Liszkowski Jerzy & Racki Grzegorz, 1993: Ichthyolithes and deepening events in the Devonian carbonate platform of the Holy Cross Mountains. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.37 (1992), No.2–4, 407–426.
Racki Grzegorz, 1993: Evolution of the bank to reef complex in the Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.37 (1992), No.2–4, 87–182.
Racki Grzegorz, 1993: Brachiopod assemblages of the Devonian Kowala Formation in the Holy Cross Mountains. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v.37 (1992), No.2–4, 297–357.