32nd INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
FLORENCE–ITALY
AUGUST 2004

706
Polish geology — tradition and experience
Krzysztof Szamałek

709
Geological administration in Poland
Henryk Jacek Jezierski, Ewa Ginał

709
The Polish Geological Institute leads Polish
geological institutions to European Union
Maciej Podemski

712
Polish State Hydrogeological Survey
— tasks and goals
Andrzej Sadurski

716
Directions and problems of abiotic
environment research in Poland
conducted by the State
Geological Survey
Ryszard Strzelecki

720
Geological Museum of
the Polish Geological Institute
Włodzimierz Mizerski, Halina Urban

724
Geological Map
Lausitz–Jizera–Karkonosze
and Muskau Arch Geopark
as examples of cross-border
cooperation of the national
geological surveys of Poland,
the Czech Republic and Germany
Jacek Robert Kasiński, Wiesław Kozdrój,
Jacek Koźma, Ottomar Krentz,
Mojmir Opletal, Andrzej Stachowiak

731
Remote sensing data: A perfect
tool for solving geological and
geoenvironmental cross-border issues
Marek Graniczny

738
The Southern Baltic Sea — test
field for international co-operation
Joanna Zachowicz, Regina Kramarska,
Szymon Uścinowicz

744
Mineral raw materials and
commodities of Poland
Marcin Piwocki, Stanisław Przeniosło

753
Huge contrasts of the lithospheric
structure revealed by new generation
seismic experiments in Central Europe
Aleksander Guterch, Marek Grad,
G. Randy Keller and POLONAISE’97,
CELEBRATION 2000, ALP 2002,
SUDETES 2003 Working Groups

761
The Sudetic geological mosaic:
Insights into the root of
the Variscan orogen
Ryszard Kryza, Stanisław Mazur,
Teresa Oberc-Dziedzic

774
Holy Cross Mountains in the Caledonian,
Variscan and Alpine cycles — major
problems, open questions
Włodzimierz Mizerski

780
The structural position and
tectonosedimentary evolution of
the Polish Outer Carpathians
Nestor Oszczypko

792
The prospects for petroleum exploration
in the eastern sector of Southern Baltic
as revealed by sea bottom geochemical
survey correlated with seismic data
Jerzy Domżalski, Wojciech Górecki,
Andrzej Mazurek, Andrzej Myśko,
Wojciech Strzetelski, Krzysztof Szamałek

800
Quaternary research in Poland:
selected achievements and prospects
Leszek Marks

806
Geospatial data integration
in rock engineering
Joanna Pinińska

813
International research project
on gas hydrates: Hydrates in Oceans
— Programme of Exploration (HOPE)
Krzysztof Szamałek

817
Mantle plumes and dynamics of
the Earth interior — towards a new model
Stefan Cwojdziński

827
Benthic foraminiferal response to
the Cenomanian–Turonian and
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary events
Danuta Peryt

833
Geodiversity. The concept
and scope of geodiversity
Stefan Kozłowski