Azerbaijan National Academy of Science

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04.00.01

Geology

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25.00.01

General and regional geology

Tectonic Stratification of the Alpine Cover of Greater Caucasus within the Territory of Azerbaijan 

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2014

Geotektonika

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135

58

21

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• Summarization and analysis of the outcomes of multiyear research activities and library material, development of new geological-tectonic  model and model of Alpine geodynamic evolution of the Azerbaijan part of Greater Caucasus (2003-2012);
• Together with specialists from the Caspian states, participation in joint studies of the Caspian region’s tectonic structure and development of 1:2500000 scale International Tectonic Map of the Caspian Sea and its Surroundings (2003-2006);
• Revised summarization, analysis, interpretation and description of existing and new data on geological-tectonic structure of the Republic, modeling of the regional crust’s Alpine geodynamic evolotuion (2003-2016). Research outcomes are included in multi-volume editions on Azerbaijan geology published in Russian (2005), Azerbaijani (2015) and English (2016) languages. Continuing activities include preparation of the following monographs:“Geology and Mineral Resources of Azerbaijan Republic” in English (2017); “Tectonic Nappes in Structure of Eastern and Southeastern Caucasus”in Russian (2018); “Azerbaijan Tectonics” in English (2018); “Deep Geological Structure of Azerbaijan Republic” in Russian (2019);
• With the use of the latest information, development and publication of 16 different-scale geological maps (2008-2015). Following 1:500000 scale maps are currently prepared for publishing: “Mineral Map of Azerbaijan Republic”, “Tectonic Map of Azerbaijan Republic”, “Structural Map of the Surface of pre-Jurassic Basement of Azerbaijan Republic” (2018); 
• Together with specialists from Switzerland and Caucasus states, study of the Caucasus tectonics and Alpine paleotectonics, with development of modern GIS-model of region’s latest tectonics (2011-2013)
• Study and inventory of the rare natural objects of Azerbaijan (2009-2012); publication of the resulting materials in Azerbaijani, Russian and English languages (2012-2015);
• Revised summarization, analysis and interpretation of earlier published and new data on the geological-tectonic structure of and mineral resources of Nakhchyvan AR (2013-2016). Resulting materials are included in published and prepared multi-author monographs dedicated to the autonomous republic’s geology, including: “Stratigraphy of Nakhchyvan AR” in Azerbaijani (2015); “Geological Encyclopedia of Nakhchyvan AR” in Azerbaijani (2018); “Geology of Nakhchyvan AR” in English (2018); 1:200000 scale “Geological Map of Nakhchyvan AR”  (2018); 1:200000 scale “Tectonic Map of Nakhchyvan AR”;1:200000 scale “Mineral Map of Nakhchyvan AR” (2018);
• Revised summarization, analysis and interpretation of existing and new data on geological-tectonic structure, geomorphology, natural resources and natural heritage of western (Lesser Caucasus) part of Azerbaijan (2014-2016). Resulting materials are included in published and prepared multi-author monographs dedicated to the region’s natural resources, natural and humanitarian heritage, including: “Natural Resources of Western Azerbaijan (Ganjabasar and Garabagh)” in English (2016), “Geology-Geographic Atlas of Garabagh” (2016); “Humanitarian and Natural Heritage of Garabagh” in English (2017);
• Coordination of 21 international and national grant projects in the areas of geology and environmental protection (2000-2016)
• Participation in 28 international and national projects as national expert, leaders of the work group or project coordinator (1994-2015)
• As national expert, participation in 70 international conferences, symposiums and workshops dedicated to geology, environmental protection and disaster management (1994-2016) 

• International Tectonic Map of the Caspian Sea and its Surroundings. Scale - 1:2500000. Explanatory note to the map. (Editors in chief: V.Y. Khain, N.A. Bogdanov).Moscow: Nauchniymir, 2003(in Russian) –coauthor;
• T.N. Kangarli. Nappe Development Stages of Tectonically Stratified Alpine Cover of Greater Caucasus in Azerbaijan // News of Azerbaijan NAS, Earth Sciences, 2005, №4, pp.37-44 (in Russian);
• T.N. Kangarli, F.S. Ahmadbayli, V.V. Korobanov, A.M. Aliyev. Greater Caucasus / Azerbaijan Geology: in 7 volumes, vol. IV. Tectonics. Editors: V.Y. Khain and Ak.A. Alizadeh. Baku: Nafta-Press, 2005, pp.43-213 (in Russian);
• F.S. Ahmadbayli, A.D. Ismayilzadeh, T.N. Kangarli. Azerbaijan Earth Crust Geodynamics during Phanerozoic period / Azerbaijan Geology: in 7 volumes, Vol.IV. Tectonics. Editors: V.Y. Khain and Ak.A. Alizadeh. Baku: Nafta-Press, 2005, pp.451-461 (in Russian);
• T.N. Kangarli. Differentiated Displaced Tectonic Sheets in the Infrastructure of Govdagh-Sumgait Nappe Complex of Southeastern Caucasus // News of Azerbaijan NAS, Earth Sciences, 2006, №1, pp.28-35 (in Russian);
• International tectonic map of the Caspian Sea and its’ coastal areas (scale 1:2500000), and Explanatory Notes. (Editors-in-Chief: V.Y.Khain, N.A.Bogdanov).  Moscow, 2006. – coaurhor (in Russian);
• V.Y. Khain, A.N. Hajiyev, T.N. Kangarli. Tectonic Nature of Absheron Threshold of the Caspian Sea // Proceedings of RAS, 2007, vol. 414, № 4, pp.523-527 (in Russian);
• T.N. Kangarli. Jurassic Allochthonous Complexes of Greater Caucasus (Azerbaijan) // News of Azerbaijan NAS, Earth Sciences, 2007, №13 pp.3-11 (in Russian);
• T.N. Kangarli.  Peculiarities of Geological-Tectonic Structure of Southeastern Caucasus and Problems of Oil-Gas Bearing Potential // Scientific Papers of SOCAR Scientific Research Institute, 2007, № 9, pp. 3-14 (in Russian);
• Geological Map of Azerbaijan Republic. Scale - 1:500000. Explanatory Note. (Editor in chief: Ak.A.Alizadeh). Baku, 2008 – member of editors board and coauthor (main executor);
• Egan S., Mosar J., Brunet M.-F., Kangarli T. Subsidence and uplift mechanisms within the South Caspian basin: insights from the onshore and offshore Azerbaijan region. In.: South Caspian to Central Iran basins. Geological Society, Special Publications 312, London, 2009, p.219-240 (in English);
• Mosar J., Kangarli T., Bochud M., Glasmacher U., Rast A., Brunet M.-F.,  Sosson M.   Cenozoic – Recent   tectonics   and   uplift   in   the Greater  Caucasus:   a   perspective   from   Azerbaijan / Geological   Society, Special Publikations, 340, London, 2010,  p.261-280 (in English);
• Sosson M., Rolland Y., …Kangali T., etc. Subduction,  obduction  and collision in the Lesser Caucasus(Armenia,   Azerbaijan, Georgia),   new   insights/ Geological   Society, Special Publikations, 340, London, 2010,  p.329-352 (in English);
• T.N. Kangarli. Shariages in Structure of Southeastern Caucasus as Indicators of Accretion Interrelation between North and South Caucasus Microplates// Proceedings of International Conference “Modern State of Earth Sciences” dedicated to a memory of V.Y. Khain Moscow, MSU 2011, pp.849-854 (in Russian);
• Kangarli T.N., BabayevSh.A. Geological heritage of Azerbaijan Republic. Baku: Qoliafqrup, 2012,78 p. (in English);
• Kаngаrli T.N. Mass overthrust within the structure of Greater Caucasus (Azerbaijan) // The modern problems of geology and geophysics of Eastern Caucasus and the South Caspian depression. Special Issue Papers, Brisbane, Australia, August 5-10, 2012, p.163-201 (in English);
• Ismail-zadeh A.J., Kangarli T.N. Geodynamic environment of the formation of ore complexes and metallogenic epochs of the Eastern Caucasus // The modern problems of geology and geophysics of Eastern Caucasus and the South Caspian depression. Special Issue Papers, Brisbane, Australia, August 5-10, 2012, p.132-145 (in English);
• Forte A., E.Cowgill E., Kangarli T., Murtuzayev İ., Stoika M. “Structural geometries and magnitude of shor-tening in the eastern Kura fold-thrust belt, Azerbaijan: Implications for the development of the Greater Caucasus Mountains” // Tectonics, vol.32, USA, 2013, p.1-30 (in English);
• Forte A., Sumner D., Cowgill E., Stoika M., Kangarli T., etc.Late Miocene to Pliocene stratigraphy of the Kura Basin, a subbasin of the South Caspian Basin: Implications for the diachroneity of stage boundaries // Tectonics, vol.33, USA, 2013 y. s.1-26 (in English);
• T.N. Kangarli, Sh.A. Babayev. Geological Heritage of Azerbaijan Republic. Baku: Nafta-Press, 2013, 147 p. (in Azerbaijani and English);
• T.N. Kangarli, Sh.R. Balamedov, E.A. Sadikhov, Z.T. Mehdiyeva. Sedimentation and Geodynamic Conditions of the Formation of Upper Jurassic Complex of Southeastern Caucasus // News of Azerbaijan NAS, Earth Sciences, 2013, №3, pp.3-15 (in Russian);
• Maps with geological content  included in the National Atlas of Azerbaijan Republic: Geological Structure (scale 1:1500000) – author; Neotectonics (scale 1:1500000) – coauthor;   Tectonic Zoning  (scale 1:1500000) – author; Geological Structure of Absheron Peninsula (scale 1:230000) – author;  Geological Structure of Nakhchivan AR (scale 1:440000) – coauthor; Mud Volcanoes (scale 1:1500000) – coauthor;. BakuCartographic Factory, 2014;
• Tectonic-Geodynamic Regioning Map of Azerbaijan Republic. 2012. Scale - 1:750000 (editor and coauthor / main executor; chief editor - Ak.A. Alizadeh). BakuCartographic Factory, 2015;
• Neotectonic Map of Azerbaijan Republic. 2012. Scale - 1:750000 (editor and coauthor / main executor; chief editor - Ak.A. Alizadeh). BakuCartographic Factory, 2015;
• Geological Map of Absheron Peninsula and Adjoining Part of Caspian Sea. 2012. Scale - 1:100000 (editor and coauthor / main executor; chief editor - Ak.A. Alizadeh). BakuCartographic Factory, 2015;
• Geological Map of Azerbaijan Republic. 2013. Scale - 1:750000 (editor and coauthor / main executor; chief editor - Ak.A. Alizadeh). BakuCartographic Factory, 2015;
• Map of Mud Volcanos of Azerbaijan Republic. 2013. Scale - 1:100000 (editor and coauthor / main executor; chief editor - Ak.A. Alizadeh). BakuCartographic Factory, 2015;
• Minerogenetic Map of Azerbaijan Republic. 2014. Scale - 1:100000 (editor and coauthor / main executor; chief editor - Ak.A. Alizadeh). BakuCartographic Factory, 2015;
• T.N. Kangarli, Sh.A. Babayev. Geological heritage of Azerbaijan Republic. Baku: Nafta-press, 2015, 221 p. (in Azerbaijani, Russian and English);
• T.N. Kangarli. Tectonics / Azerbaijan Geology, vol, I. Editor in chief: Ak.A. Alizadeh. Baku: Nafta-press, 2015, pp. 363-502 (in Azerbaijani);
• Sosson M., Stephenson R., Sheremet Y., Rolland, Adamia Ş., Melkonian R., Kangarli T., etc. The Eastern Black Sea-Caucasus region during Cretaceous: new evidence to constrain its tectonic evolution / Special issue of the Compte-Rendus Geosciences (of the  French Academy of Sciences). Paris,  2015 (in English);
• Sh.A. Babayev, T.N. Kangarli, A.B. Mammadov. Stratigraphy of Nakhchivan AR. Baku: Nafta-press, 2015, 946 p. (in Azerbaijani);
• T.N. Kangarli (compiler and editor). Natural resources of Western Azerbaijan (Ganjabasar and Garabagh). Baku: Nafta-Press, 2016 (in English);
• T.N. Kangarli, H.A. Khalilov. Geological Structure / Physical Geography of Nakhchyvan AR. Vol. I. Editors in chief: R.M. Mammadov, I.M. Hajiyev. Baku, 2016 (in Azerbaijani);
• A.B. Mammadov, T.N. Kangarli, Sh.A. Babayev, H.I. Aliyev. Essays on modern stratigraphic division of sedimentary material complexes of Nakhchyvan folded province. Essay I – Proterozoic and Paleozoic (in Azerbaijani) // Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Oil-Gas Basins, 2016, № 1, pp.23-60 (in English);
• Sh.A. Babayev, T.N. Kangarli, H.I. Aliyev. Essays on modern stratigraphic division of sedimentary material complexes of Nakhchyvan folded province. Essay II – Mesozoic // Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Oil-Gas Basins, 2016, № 1, pp.61-80 (in English);
• Sh.A. Babayev, T.N. Kangarli, H.I. Aliyev. Essays on modern stratigraphic division of sedimentary material complexes of Nakhchyvan folded province. Essay III – Paleogene // Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Oil-Gas Basins, 2016, № 2, pp. (in English);
• Sh.A. Babayev, T.N. Kangarli, H.I. Aliyev. Essays on modern stratigraphic division of sedimentary material complexes of Nakhchyvan folded province. Essay IV – Neogeneand Quaternary // Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Oil-Gas Basins, 2016, № 2, pp. (in English);
• Seismotectonic map of  the ECO member states region. Tehran, 2016 – coauthor (in English). 

1. Oil Geologist Society of Azerbaijan – 1996
2. National Committee of Geologist of Azerbaijan - 2000
3. The Europian Association for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage (ProGEO) – 2011 
4. Agency for International Minerals Policy (MinPO) – 2011
5. European Geosciences Union (EGU) – 2012
6. American Geophysics Union (AGU) – 2014

1. Chairman of the Earth Science’s Experts Council of  Higher Attestation Commission under President of Azerbaijan Republic