Vassilios Karakitsios

Position:

Professor of Historical Geology, Director of the Department of Historical Geology & Paleontology

Titles:

Diploma of geology from the University of Athens, Master and Ph.D in Structural Geology, Ph.D in Geological Sciences from the Pierre et Marie University (Paris 6)

Telephone:

+30-210-7274171

Fax:

+30-210-7273296

Personal Web Page:

http://users.uoa.gr/~vkarak

e-mail:

vkarak@geol.uoa.gr

Research Activities:

Stratigraphy, Structural Geology, Geological Mapping, , Sedimentology, Basin Analysis, Petroleum Geology, Oil shale and petroleum potential assessment, Oceanic Anoxic Events as indicators of global paleoclimatological changes, Environmental pollution from hydrocarbons dismigration, Karstic Hydrogeology, Pollution of Ground and Underground Water, Location of Sanitary Landfill, Measures to protect the geological environment from extreme natural phenomena (e.g. rainstorm), Appointment and Protection of the Geological Heritage