142:; he dedicated to each of them a monography. These research activities had an important impact on synthesis of national interest, such as coal deposits, Paleozoic and Mesozoic formations, but also from the tectonic point of view, in the general works about the structure of the territory, as well as in the integration of these researches in the wider framework of the study of Triassic paleography in Eastern Europe. Directly, or by coordinating teams of geologists, Bleahu also produced over 50 maps (pages) component of the Geological Map of Romania, on a scale of 1:200.000, for which he also made the state standards in the field.
154:, PeČtera Huda lui PaparÄ, VânÄtÄrile Ponorului, Izbucul de la CoteČul DobreČtilor, Avenul de sub ColČii Grindului, PeČtera Gaura cu MuscÄ, PeČtera Bolii, PeČtera NeagrÄ, PeČtera GheČarul de la Vârtop, Avenul din Piatra CeČii, PeČtera Calului, PeČtera BisericuČa, PeČtera din Dealul Cornului, PeČtera MicÄ de la VânÄtare, PeČtera Dâlbina, PeČtera Corobana lui GârtÄu, PeČtera V5, PeČtera Poarta lui Ionele, Avenul din Česuri etc.
119:(later on named Faculty of Ecology), where he taught Dynamic Geology, Physical Geography of Romania, Geology of Romania, Protection of nature and protected areas. He ended his teaching career in 2001. Between 1949 and 1994, simultaneously with his teaching activity, Bleahu worked as a geologist at the Geological Institute, where he implemented most of his scientific activities.
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Romania. As such, Bleahu was one of the most important Romanian scientific personalities of the second half of the last century. His books and his conferences have inspired generations of youth fond of nature, mountains, the exploration of the caves in Romania, and he has been, at the same time, a mentor for many Romanian geologists after the Second World War.
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Despite the opposition of the scientific world of that time, which got quickly past any debate over ideas and arrived at the political questioning of the research results (the communist authorities forbade him to leave the country for 6 years, 1978 to 1984), Bleahu managed to thrust his theories, and
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All these researches, as well as the world scientific trends of the 1960s in the field of plate tectonics catalyses
Marcian Bleahu's research activity and he becomes a pioneer in the field of global tectonics not only in Romania, but also with significant contributions in the international scientific
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Ecological University, the first private university in Romania and the only university with an ecological profile. Drimer became the rector of this university and Bleahu was appointed as dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences
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Geology Department of Bucharest University, where he was a teaching assistant, lecturer and associate professor between 1949 and 1961. He was eliminated from the teaching system for political reasons, and he started again his university career after 1989, when,
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December 1989, Bleahu founded the Ecologist Movement in Romania, thus putting into practice his professional belief regarding the protection of nature and of the environment. He was elected as a senator in May 1990, in the first free post-communist Parliament and he became the Minister of
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Geology Department of the University of Bucharest, where he taught the courses of Structural Geology and of the Geology of the Quaternary. In 1961 he is eliminated from the Department by the communist administration, on political grounds.
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Romania in the international conventions and programs regarding the environment. In 1992 he was appointed vice-president of the
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A special chapter of this field activity was the study of karstology, meaning the exploration, the mapping and the research of the caves in the
Apuseni Mountains, almost unknown until then: PeČtera de la CÄput, PeČtera Buciumul Sucit,
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106:") as Knight, which is the highest Romanian civil order. After he retired from public activity, he continues to write articles and books in several fields, including music (he was known as a sophisticated melomaniac) and ecology.
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geologist, speleologist, geographer, alpinist, explorer, writer and politician. He is well known for his scientific contributions to the development of the theories of global tectonics (applied to the study of the geology of the
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Romanian Ecologist Movement, and of the Romanian Ecologist Federation. Between 1991 and 1992 he was the Minister of the Environment.
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Spovedania unui neĂŽnvins - Marcian Bleahu, Editura Paideia, 2006, BucureČti
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community. The results of his studies were synthesized in the book
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349:The Crystals of Romania (Cristalele României),
750:- Biography on e-calauza.ro site (in Romanian)
556:Fundamental Problems of the Contemporary World
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307:Global Tectonics (Tectonica globalÄ), Vol. II,
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