Marcel MÎNDRESCU
Assistant professor at University of Suceava, Department of Geography
Phone: +40742051475
Email: marcel.mindrescu@gmail.com, mindrescu@atlas.usv.ro
Adress:
Department of Geography, University of Suceava, 13rd Universităţii St, Suceava, 720229
RESEARCH TOPICS
Mountain Geomorphology
- Romanian Carpathian Glaciation
- Glacial cirques and lakes
- Climate variability recorded by glacial deposits and lake sediments
- Paraglacial rock slope failure
Other
- Limnology/Palaeolimnology
- History vegetation and climate change
- Protected areas
RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Climate variability recorded by glacial deposits and lake sediments, grant PN-II-RU-TE-2012-3-0386 (2012-2015) – coordinator
- Interdisciplinary in geosciences in the Carpathians basin. Workshop, grant PN-II-ID-WE-2012-4-056 (2012) – coordinator
- Climate change in the Carpathian-Balkan region during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. Workshop, grant PAGES (2011) – coordinator
PUBLICATIONS
WEB OF SCIENCE
- Mîndrescu, M., Evans, I.S., 2013. Cirque form and development in Romania: allometry and the buzz-saw hypothesis. Geomorphology (accepted). Ms. Ref. No: GEOMOR-3868R1
- Mîndrescu, M., Cristea A.I., Hutchinson, S.M., , Florescu, G., Feurdean, A. 2012. Interdisciplinary investigations of the first reported laminated lacustrine sediments in Romania. Quaternary International, 293, 219-230. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.08.2105.
- Akinyemi, F.O., Hutchinson, S.M., Mîndrescu, M., Rothwell, J.J., 2012. Lake sediment records of atmospheric pollution in the Romanian Carpathians. Quaternary International, 293,105-113. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.022.
- Fărcaş, S., Tanţău I., Mîndrescu M., Hurdu B., 2012. Holocene vegetation history in the Maramureş Mountains (Northern Romanian Carpathians). Quaternary International, 293, 92-104. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.03.057.
- Vereş, D., Mîndrescu, M., 2012. Advancing Pleistocene and Holocene climate change research in the Carpathian-Balkan region. Quaternary International, 293, 1-4. doi 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.003.
- Knorn J., Kuemmerle, T., Radeloff, V.C., Szabo, A., Mîndrescu, M., Keeton W.S., Abrudan I., Griffiths P., Gancz V., Hostert P., 2012. Forest restitution and protected area effectiveness in post-socialist Romania. Biological Conservation, Volume 146, Issue 1, February 2012, p. 204-212. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.020.
- Mîndrescu M., Cristea I. Al., Hutchinson, S. M., 2011. Bathymetric and sedimentological changes of glacial Lake Ştiol, Rodna Masiff. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 5/1, 57 – 65.
- Mîndrescu, M., Evans I.S., Cox, N.J., 2010. Climatic implications of cirque distribution in the Romanian Carpathians: Palaeowind directions during glacial periods. Journal of Quaternary Science (2010), 25(6), 875–888. doi: 10.1002/jqs.1363.
BDI
- Mindrescu, M., Veres, D., 2013. Climate change in the Carpathian-Balkan area. Advancing research and cooperation. Georeview, 22, 106-111. doi: 10.4316/GEOREVIEW.2013.22.1.73
- Mindrescu, M., Hutchinson, S.M., 2012. Interdisciplinary cooperation and studies in geoscience in the Carpathian Basin. Georeview, 21,1-7. doi: 10.4316/GEOREVIEW.2012.21.1.51.
- Mindrescu M., Iosep I., Cristea I.A., Forgaci D., Popescu D.A., 2010. Lacurile Iezer si Bolatau (Obcina Feredeului)- cele mai vechi lacuri de baraj natural formate prin alunecare din Romania, Volumul Simpozionului National Resursele de apa. Vulnerabilitate la presiunea activitatilor antropice cu referire si la ecosistemele lacustre, 272-282, Targoviste, 11-13 iunie 2010.
- Mindrescu M., Cristea I.A., Florescu G., 2010. Water quality and ecology of the Iezer and Bolătău lakes, Lakes reservoirs and ponds Romanian Journal of Limnology, 4 (1-2), 117-130, 2010.
- Fărcaş, S., Tanţău, I., Mîndrescu, M., Hurdu, B., Filipaş, L., Ursu, T., 2009. Pollen analysis of the sequence from the peat bog Tăul Mare – Bardău (Maramureş, Romania), în: A. Curtean-Bănăduc, D. Bănăduc & I. Sîrbu (eds.), „The Maramureş Mountains Nature Park”. Trans. Rev. of Syst. and Ecol. Res., Sibiu, 5, 2009, p. 21-30.
- Fărcaş, S., Tantau I., Hurdu B., Mîndrescu M., Filipas L., 2009. Phytohistorical aspects of the Natura 2000 site “Maramures Mountains”. Contribuţii Botanice, Cluj-Napoca, XLIV, 2009, p. 131-140.
- Mîndrescu,M., 2009. Glacial asymmetry in The Făgăraş Massif. Analele Universităţii „Ştefan cel Mare” Suceava, Secţiunea geografie, anul XVIII-2009, p. 25-34.
- Mîndrescu, M., 2008. A new glacial area in Rodna mountains- Tarniţa din Ciung cirque. Analele Universităţii „Ştefan cel Mare” Suceava Secţiunea Geografie, XVII,p. 79-86, 2008.
- Mîndrescu, M,. 2004. Topographic and climate conditions required for glacier formation in cirques, Annals of the University of Kharkov, 620, 88-95, Kharkov, Ukraine.