Dan Giușcă

Dan Giușcă (14 July 1904 – 10 August 1988) was a Romanian geologist and a member of the Romanian Academy.

Biography In 1927, Giușcă received his PhD in chemistry from the University of Cluj, having his theses on the morphotropic effect of closing of spiranic cycles. After finishing his degree, he was hired by Ludovic Mrazec at the Geologic Institute and at the University of Bucharest's Department of Mineralogy. Throughout his career he published over 130 scientific articles and books.

Work

After returning to Bucharest, Giușcă began studying at the Institute of Geology magmatic and metamorphic rocks. In the Hinghiș Mountains, he studied granitic rocks, while in the Vlădeasa Massif he studied volcanic phenomena and the associated hydrothermal metamorphism. Giușcă studied the granitic rocks of the Pricopan Ridge in Northern Dobruja, arguing for a magmatic origin of the epidote.

During the 1950s, Giușcă began studying a new field: neogene volcanism and old metamorphism in the Carpathians. His studies included the neogene vulcanites of the Gutâi Mountains. He continued studying mesozoic magmatism through the study of banatites and ophiolites in the Apuseni Mountains.