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Zoltán Pécskay is affiliated with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Hungary. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant contribution to subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work encompasses several main topics, notably:

  • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Marine and Environmental Studies
  • Geological Formations and Processes

Pécskay has co-authored frequently with several researchers, including Alexandru Szakács, Mátyás Hencz, Tamás Bíró, Károly Németh, and Dávid Karátson.

Their publications appear in multiple scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Geologica Carpathica
  • Geologia Croatica
  • International Geology Review
  • Lithos

Some recent published papers by Zoltán Pécskay include:

  • A Miocene Phreatoplinian eruption in the North-Eastern Pannonian Basin, Hungary: The Jató Member, 2020, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • A Lower Miocene pyroclastic-fall deposit from the Bükk Foreland Volcanic Area, Northern Hungary: Clues for an eastward-located source, 2021, Geologica Carpathica
  • Tidal deposits in the Early Miocene Central Paratethys: the Vučji Jarek and Čemernica members of the Macelj formation (NW Croatia), 2021, Geologia Croatica
  • Miocene extension and magma generation in the Apuseni Mts. (western Romania): a review, 2021, International Geology Review
  • Lithostratigraphy of the ignimbrite-dominated Miocene Bükk Foreland Volcanic Area (Central Europe), 2023, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Best Publications

  • Neogene–Quaternary magmatism and geodynamics in the Carpathian–Pannonian region: a synthesis

    Ioan Seghedi;Hilary Downes;Alexandru Szakács;Paul R.D. Mason

  • Evolution of the Main Ethiopian Rift in the frame of Afar and Kenya rifts propagation

    Marco Bonini;Giacomo Corti;Fabrizio Innocenti;Piero Manetti

  • Geochronology of Neogene magmatism in the Carpathian arc and intra-Carpathian area

    Zoltan Pécskay;Jaroslav Lexa;Alexandru Szakács;Ioan Seghedi

  • Post-collisional Tertiary–Quaternary mafic alkalic magmatism in the Carpathian–Pannonian region: a review

    Ioan Seghedi;Hilary Downes;Orlando Vaselli;Alexandru Szakács

  • Origin and geodynamic significance of Tertiary postcollisional basaltic magmatism in Serbia (central Balkan Peninsula)

    V Cvetković;D Prelević;H Downes;M Jovanović

  • Petrology and geochemistry of late Tertiary/Quaternary mafic alkaline volcanism in Romania

    H. Downes;I. Seghedi;A. Szakacs;G. Dobosi

  • Quartz and feldspar zoning in the eastern Erzgebirge volcano-plutonic complex (Germany, Czech Republic) : evidence of multiple magma mixing

    Axel Müller;Karel Breiter;Reimar Seltmann;Zoltán Pécskay

  • Neogene-Quaternary Volcanic forms in the Carpathian-Pannonian Region: a review

    Jaroslav Lexa;Ioan Seghedi;Karoly Németh;Alexandru Szakács;Alexandru Szakács

  • Magmagenesis in a subduction-related post-collisional volcanic arc segment: the Ukrainian Carpathians

    Ioan Seghedi;Hilary Downes;Zoltán Pécskay;Matthew F Thirlwall

  • Extension-related Miocene calc-alkaline magmatism in the Apuseni Mountains, Romania: Origin of magmas

    Emilian Rosu;Ioan Seghedi;Hilary Downes;David H. M. Alderton

  • Tectonic significance of changes in post-subduction Pliocene–Quaternary magmatism in the south east part of the Carpathian–Pannonian Region

    Ioan Seghedi;Liviu Maţenco;Hilary Downes;Paul R.D. Mason

  • Miocene emplacement and rapid cooling of the Pohorje pluton at the Alpine-Pannonian-Dinaridic junction, Slovenia

    László I. Fodor;Axel Gerdes;István Dunkl;Balázs Koroknai

  • Geochemical response of magmas to Neogene–Quaternary continental collision in the Carpathian–Pannonian region: A review

    Ioan Seghedi;Hilary Downes;Szabolcs Harangi;Paul R.D. Mason

  • Late Neoproterozoic to Early Palaeozoic palaoegeography of the Holy Cross Mountains (Central Europe): an integrated approach

    J. Nawrocki;J. DunlAp;Z. Pecskay;L. Krzemiński

  • The evolution of the neogene volcanism in the Apuseni Mountains (Rumania): Constraints from new K-Ar data

    Emilian Roşu;Z. Pécskay;Avram Ştefan;Gheorghe Popescu

  • Dolerites of Svalbard, north-west Barents Sea Shelf: age, tectonic setting and significance for geotectonic interpretation of the High-Arctic Large Igneous Province

    Krzysztof Nejbert;Krzysztof P. Krajewski;Elżbieta Dubińska;Zoltán Pécskay

  • Complex evaluation of paleomagnetic and K/Ar isotope data of the miocene ignimbritic volcanics in the Bukk Foreland, Hungary

    Emo Márton;Zoltán Pécskay

  • Time-evolution of magma sources in a continental back-arc setting: the Cenozoic basalts from Sierra de San Bernardo (Patagonia, Chubut, Argentina)

    Sandro Bruni;Massimo D'orazio;Miguel J. Haller;Fabrizio Innocenti

  • Magmatism and metallogeny of the Ridanj-Krepoljin belt (eastern Serbia) and their correlation with northern and eastern analogues

    S. Karamata;V. Knežević;Z. Pécskay;M. Djordjević

  • Radiometric dating of the Tertiary volcanics in Lower Silesia, Poland.II. K-Ar and palaeomagnetic data from Neogene basanites near Lądek Zdrój, Sudetes Mts

    Krzysztof Birkenmajer;Zoltán Pécskay;Jacek Grabowski;Marek W. Lorenc

Frequent Co-Authors

Hilary Downes
Hilary Downes Birkbeck, University of London
Károly Németh
Károly Németh Massey University
Orlando Vaselli
Orlando Vaselli University of Florence
Szabolcs Harangi
Szabolcs Harangi Eötvös Loránd University
Fabrizio Innocenti
Fabrizio Innocenti University of Pisa
Piero Manetti
Piero Manetti University of Florence
Massimo D'Orazio
Massimo D'Orazio University of Pisa
Matthew F. Thirlwall
Matthew F. Thirlwall Royal Holloway University of London
Paul R.D. Mason
Paul R.D. Mason Utrecht University
Theodoros Ntaflos
Theodoros Ntaflos University of Vienna

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