Ábel Szabó, M.Sc.

Office: Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C,

Hungary 1117

Phone: (36-1) 372 2500 ext.

E-mail:  and

Advisor: Csaba Szabó

Research Interests: Mantle metasomatism

Degree:

Current position:

Former positions:

Memberships:

  • GEKKO Geological Association - EME affiliate (2006-);
  • Hungarian Technical and Scientific Society of Transylvania (2008-);
  • Hungarian Geological Society (2009-);
  • German Mineralogical Society (2010-2011);

Awards, grants:

  • 2nd place at the Transylvanian Scientific Conference of Students held at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (Romania), 2008;
  • Special award at the 41st Conference of Young Hungarian Earth Scientists, held in Mártafüred (Hungary), 2010;
  • 2nd place at the Scientific Conference of Students held at Eötvös University, Budapest (Hungary), 2010;
  • 1st place at the XXX. National Scientific Conference of Students held at College of Nyíregyháza; Nyíregyháza (Hungary), 2011;

Scholarships:

  • Ten-days field trip scholarship of CEEPUS (July 04-14, 2008) to Slovakia;
  • Three-months Scholarship of Republic of Hungary, 3 months (February 15-May 15, 2009) at the Eötvös University Budapest (Hungary);
  • Five-days scholarship (November 15-19, 2009) to the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes (UK);
  • Eighteen-months TAMOP scholarship (4.2.1./B-09/1/KMR-2010-0003) at the Eötvös University, October 01, 2010 – March 31, 2012, Budapest (Hungary);
  • Twelve-days scholarship of Synthesys (September 25-October 07, 2011) to the Natural History Museum, London (UK);
  • Six-days scholarship of (May 30-June 04, 2012) to the Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor (HASYLAB) at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany);
  • Four-days scholarship of (September 07-10, 2012) to the Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor (HASYLAB) at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany);

Workshops and short courses:

  • The use of fluid inclusion properties to understand fluids in the Earth; short course by Jean Dubessy and Jacques Pironon. October 26-28, 2009, Budapest (Hungary);
  • Oceanic slab, short course by Friedrich Koller. February 17-19, 2010, Budapest (Hungary);
  • Kinetics of geological materials, short course by Rainer Abart, Fred Gaidies and Elena Petrishcheva. August 30-September 03, 2010, Vienna (Austria);
  • Chapters in Advanced Geochemistry, short course by Csaba Szabó. November 06-07, 2010, Busan, (South-Korea);
  • Major, minor and trace elements and their application in the modern geochemistry, short course by Csaba Szabó. November 11, 2010, Seoul, (South-Korea)
  • Low-temperature, High-pressure Metamorphism in the Eastern Alps, Short Course by Friedrich Koller (University of Vienna), February 14-16, 2011, Budapest (Hungary;
  • Fluid Inclusion Short Course by Ronald Bakker (University of Leoben), May 19-22, 2011, Leoben (Austria);
  • Ophiolites, short course by Friedrich Koller (University of Vienna), February 16-17, 2012, Budapest (Hungary);
  • Fluid in the Earth, short course by Dr. Robert J. Bodnar (Virginia Tech, USA), Dr. Leonid Danyushevsky (Tasmania University, Australia), Dr. James D. Webster (American Museum Natural History, N.Y., USA), Dr. Maria Luce Frezzotti (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Coordinator: Dr. Benedetto DeVivo (University of Napoli Federico II), October 19-24, 2015, Napoli (Italy);
  • Tectonics of sedimentary basins, short course by Dr. Sierd A.P.L. Cloetingh (Utrecht University), April 26-28, 2016, Budapest (Hungary);

Papers:

  • Kovács, I., Demény, A., Czuppon, G., Lécuyer, C., Fourel, F., Xia, Q.-K., Liu, J., Pintér, Zs., Király, E., Török, K., Szabó, Á., Deloule, E., Falus, Gy., Fancsik, T., Zajacz, Z., Sándorné Kovács, J. & Udvardi, B. (2016) Water concentrations and hydrogen isotope compositions of alkaline basalt‑hosted clinopyroxene megacrysts and amphibole clinopyroxenites: the role of structural hydroxyl groups and molecular water. Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology, 171, doi:10.1007/s00410-016-1241-0 

Manuscripts:

  • Szabó, Á. (2008) Metasomatic imprints below the Eastern Transylvanian Basin – amphiboles in the upper mantle xenoliths (in Hungarian). Thesis of the XI. Transylvanian Scientific Conference of Students, Department of Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Kolozsvár, (Cluj Napoca, Transylvania, Romania) and Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, pp: 28.
  • Szabó, Á. (2009) Traces of metasomatism beneath the Eastern Transylvanian Basin – significance of amphiboles in the upper mantle xenoliths (in Hungarian). Thesis of the XI. Transylvanian Scientific Conference of Students, Department of Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Kolozsvár, (Cluj Napoca, Transylvania, Romania) and Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, pp: 32.
  • Szabó, Á. (2009) Evidence for metasomatism beneath the Eastern Transylvanian Basin – amphiboles in the upper mantle xenoliths (in Hungarian). B.Sc. Thesis, Department of Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Kolozsvár, (Cluj Napoca, Transylvania, Romania) and Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, pp: 46.
  • Szabó, Á. (2009) Petrographic and geochemical study of composite xenoliths from the Persany Mts. (in Hungarian). Thesis of the XXIX. National Scientific Conference of Students, Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, pp: 39.
  • Szabó, Á. (2011) Traces of metasomatism in upper mantle xenoliths from the Persany Mts. (in Hungarian). Thesis of the XXX. National Scientific Conference of Students, Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, pp: 48.
  • Szabó, Á. (2013) Effect of metasomatic melt on lithospheric mantle beneath the Eastern Transylvanian Basin (in Hungarian). M.Sc. Thesis, Lithosphere Fluid Research Lab, Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, pp: 67.

Proceeding volumes:

  • Szabó, Á., Tóth, A., Szabó, Cs. & Nédli, Zs. (2010) Amphibole bearing upper mantle xenoliths from the Perşani Mountains (Transylvania) (in Hungarian). The 12th Mining, Metallurgy and Geology Conference, April 8-11, 2010, Nagyenyed (Aiud, Transylvania, Romania), Abstract Book 165-168.
  • Breitner, D., Osán, J., Sajó I.E., Szabó, Á., Szabó, Cs., Borchert, M. & Appel, K. (2011) Micro-XANES study on iron oxidation state in amphiboles of mantle xenoliths from Persani Mt., Romania. HASYLAB Annual Report 2010, 20101264
  • Szabó, Á., Breitner, D., Osán, J., Szabó, Cs., Borchert, M. & Appel, K. (2013) Studying X-ray pleochroism of an amphibole single crystal using micro-XANES. HASYLAB Annual Report 2012, 20122255

Abstracts:

  • Szabó, Á. (2008) Metasomatic traces beneath the Eastern Transylvanian Basin - amphiboles in the upper mantle xenoliths (in Hungarian). XI. Transylvanian Scientific Conference of Students, May 23-25, 2008, Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania), Abstracts and Programs, 56.
  • Szabó, Á. & Tóth, A. (2008) Metasomatic traces beneath the Eastern Transylvanian Basin – amphiboles in the upper mantle xenoliths (in Hungarian). The 10th Geologist Meeting in Szeklerland, October 24-26, 2008, Csíkszereda (Miercurea-Ciuc, Transylvania, Romania), Abstract Book (unpaged).
  • Szabó, Á. (2009) Traces of metasomatism beneath the Eastern Transylvanian Basin: amphiboles in the upper mantle xenoliths (in Hungarian). XL. Conference of Young Scientists, March 27-28, 2009, Keszthely (Hungary), Abstracts and Programs, 73-74.
  • Szabó, Á. (2009) Traces of metasomatism beneath the Eastern Transylvanian Basin – significance of amphiboles in the upper mantle xenoliths (in Hungarian). XXIX. Hungarian Scientific Conference of Students, April 07-09, 2009, Szombathely, Abstracts and Programs, 247.
  • Szabó, Á., Tóth, A., Szabó, C. & Hidas, K. (2009) Metasomatic imprints below the Eastern Transylvanian Basin – amphiboles in the upper mantle xenoliths. MinPet 2009 – MSCC 2009, September 07-11, 2009, Budapest, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 155, 155.
  • Szabó, Á. (2010) Amphibole bearing upper mantle xenoliths from the Perşani Mountains (Transylvania). XLI. Conference of Young Scientists, March 26-27, 2010, Mátrafüred (Hungary), Abstracts and Programs, 17-18.
  • Szabó, Á., Tóth, A., Nédli, Zs., Szabó, Cs., Harris, N. & Tindle, A. (2010) Amphibole-bearing upper mantle xenoliths from the Perşani Mountains (Transylvania, Romania). 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, August 21-27, 2010, Budapest, Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series, 577.
  • Szabó, Á., Tóth, A. & Szabó, Cs. (2010) Significance of mantle xenoliths from the Perşani Mountains (in Hungarian). XII. Geological Meeting in Székelyland, October 28-31, 2010, Barót (Baraolt, Transylvania, Romania), Abstracts and Programs, 28.
  • Szabó, Á. (2011) Traces of metasomatism in upper mantle xenoliths from the Persany Mts. (in Hungarian). XXX. National Scientific Conference of Students, April 27-29, 2011. Nyíregyháza (Hungary), Abstracts and Program 171.
  • Szabó, Á. & Breitner, D. (2011) New approach to determine ferric iron in amphiboles from mantle environment (Transylvania). XLII. Conference of Young Scientists, March 25-26, 2011, Győr (Hungary), Abstracts and Programs, 37.
  • Szabó, Á. (2012) Subduction related metasomatism beneath the Eastern Transylvanian Basin? XLIII. Conference of Young Scientists, March 30-31, 2012, Tatabánya (Hungary), Abstracts and Programs, 51-52.
  • Világosi, Z., Trásy, B. & Szabó, Á. (2012) Reactivated sinistral strike-slip fault zone in the Central Gerecse, Hungary (Kis-Bagoly Hill, Csonkás Valley). XLIII. Conference of Young Scientists, March 30-31, 2012, Tatabánya (Hungary), Abstracts and Programs 51-52.
  • Pintér, Zs., Szabó, Á., Berkesi, M., Tóth, A. & Szabó, Cs. (2012) Melt and subduction related fluids in the Perşani Mountains upper mantle xenoliths. 5th Mineral Sciences in the Carpathians Conference (MSCC) and 3rd Central-European Mineralogical Conference (CEMC), April 19-21, 2012, Miskolc (Hungary), Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series, 7, 108.
  • Aradi, L.E., Hattori, K., Griffin, W., O’Reilly, S., Szabó, Á. & Szabó, Cs. (2012) Distribution of Platinum-group elements in upper mantle xenoliths from the Carpathian-Pannonian Region. 5th Mineral Sciences in the Carpathians Conference (MSCC) and 3rd Central-European Mineralogical Conference (CEMC), April 19-21, 2012, Miskolc (Hungary), Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series, 7, 5.
  • Aradi, L., Patkó, L., Hattori, K., Szabó, Á., O'Reilly, S., Griffin, W. & Szabó, C. (2012) Tracking mantle metasomatism under the Carpathian-Pannonian Region using siderophile and chalcophile elements. 1st European Mineralogical Conference (EMC), September 02-06, 2012, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), USB flash drive, EMC2012-608.
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