Research interests

Modelling of metamorphic processes using quantitative phase diagrams (THERMOCALC, PERPLEX)

Petrology and thermobarometry of low- and medium-grade metamorphic rocks
Petrology of metabasic rocks
Alpine metamorphism in the basement of the Pannonian Basin

Curriculum Vitae

Born: 1974, Budapest

Academic positions
1997-2000: scientific research assistant, Laboratory for Geochemical Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1997-2000: PhD student, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

Education
1997: M.Sc.: Geology, Eötvös University, Budapest
Principal advisors: Sándor Józsa, Péter Árkai
Dissertation topic: Metamorphic evolution of the Bódva Valley ophiolites

2002: PhD: Petrology-Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest
Supervisor: Péter Árkai
PhD topic: Alpine metamorphism of the North Hungarian Mesozoic basic rocks

Current Professional Affilitations
member of the Hungarian Geological Society

Awards and Honors

1999, 2001: Szádeczky-Kardoss award
2000: MÖB scholarship, University of Padova-CNR

2003: Young Scientist Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Collaborations

Péter Árkai: Thermobarometry on medium-grade rocks from the basement of the Pannonian Basin
Péter Árkai: Low-grade metabasic rocks in NE Hungary
Balázs Koroknai, István Dunkl and Kadosa Balogh: Alpine metamorphism of the Veporic basement in N Hungary
Balázs Koroknai and Tibor Németh: Chloritoid-bearing metasedimentary rocks in the Uppony and Szendrő Mts (NE Hungary)

Dr. Drazen Balen (University of Zabreb, Croatia): Medium-grade rocks of Papuk Mts

Balázs Koroknai  and László Fodor  (Hungarian geological Institute): Structural and geothermobarometric study of the Alpine metamorphics of the Pohorje Mts (Slovenia)

Significant publications

Horváth P., Árkai P. 2005: Amphibole-bearing assemblages as indicators of microdomain-scale equlibrium conditions in metabasites: an example from Alpine ophiolites of the Meliata Unit, NE Hungary. Mineralogy and Petrology, 84/3-4, p. 233-258.

Faryad S.W., Spisiak J., Horváth P., Hovorka D., Dianiska I., Józsa S. 2005: Petrological and geochemical features of the Meliata mafic rocks from the sutured Triassic oceanic basin, Western Carpathians. Ofioliti, 30/1, p. 27-35.

Tóth M., Szépvölgyi J., Horváth P. 2005: Archeometric studies on two gilded buckles of belt found in regions Hódmezővásárhely-Sóshalom and Biharkeresztes- Ártánd-Kisfarkasdomb. In: Gepidische Gräberfelder im Theissgebiet II. Monumenta Gepidica. Red.: É. Garam, T. Vida. Budapest 2005. p. 113-119. Hrsg.: Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum.

Horváth P., Árkai P. 2004: Amphibole-bearing assemblages as indicators of microdomain-scale equilibrium conditions in Alpine metamorphic rocks of the Meliata Unit, NE Hungary. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68, A73-A73 Suppl.

Judik K., Árkai P., Horváth P., Dobosi G., Tibljas D., Balen D., Tomljenovic B., Pamic J. 2004: Diagenesis and low-temperature metamorphism of Mt. Medvednica, Croatia: Mineral assemblages and phyllosilicate characteristics. Acta Geologica Hungarica, 47/2-3, p. 151-176.

Horváth P., Kovács G., Szakmány Gy. 2003: Eclogite and garnet amphibolite pebbles from Miocene conglomerates (Pannonian Basin, Hungary): implications for the Variscan metamorphic evolution of the Tisza Megaunit. Geologica Carpathica, 54/6, p. 355-366.

Fodor L., Koroknai B., Balogh K., Dunkl I., Horváth P. 2003: A Dunántúli-középhegységi-egység (’Bakony’) takarós helyzete szlovéniai szerkezeti-geokronológiai adatok alapján. Földtani Közlöny, 133/4, p. 535-546.

Polgári M., Dobosi G., Horváth P., Rálischné Felgenhauer E., Vígh T. 2003: Arzéntartalmú piritelőfordulás Úrkúton és az Iharosberény-I mélyfúrás jura rétegeiben. Földtani Közlöny, 133/4, p. 469-475.

Judik K., Németh T., Tibljaš D., Horváth P., Árkai P. 2003: Corrensite in metabasalt and metagabbro samples from Mt. Medvednica, Croatia. Acta Mineralogica-Perographica, Szeged, 44, p. 1-9.

Janák M., Vrabec M., Horváth P., Konecny P., Lupták B. 2003: High-pressure to ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism of kyanite eclogites from Pohorje, Slovenia: microtextural and thermobarometric evidence. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, 08468.

B. Árgyelán G., Horváth P. 2002: Heavy mineral assemblages of Senonian formations in the Transdanubian Range, Hungary. Acta Geologica Hungarica, 45/4, p. 319-339.

Kovács G., Raucsik B., Horváth P. 2002: Mineral composition of the Gyód Serpentinite body, Southern Transdanubia, Hungary. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Szeged, 43, p. 71-77.

Fodor L., Jelen B., Márton E., Zupancic N., Trajanova M., Rifelj H., Pécskay Z., Balogh K., Koroknai B., Dunkl I., Horváth P., Horvat A., Vrabec M., Kraljic M., Kevric R. 2002: Connection of Neogene basin formation, magmatism and cooling of metamorphics in NE Slovenia. Geologica Carpathica, 53 special issue, p. 199-201.

Faryad S.W., Spisiak J., Horváth P., Hovorka D., Dianiska I., Józsa S. 2002: Meliata Unit - Petrology, geochemistry and geotectonic position of metabasites. Geologica Carpathica, 53 special issue, p. 180-183.

Horváth P., Árkai P 2002: Pressure-temperature path of metapelites from the Algyő-Ferencszállás area, SE Hungary: thermobarometric constraints from coexisting mineral assemblages and garnet zoning. Acta Geologica Hungarica, 45/1, p. 1-27.

Janák M., Cosca M., Finger F., Plasienka D., Koroknai B., Lupták B., Horváth P. 2001: Alpine (Cretaceous) metamorphism in the Western Carpathians: P-T-t paths and exhumation of the Veporic core complex. Geol. Paläont. Mitt. Innsbruck, 25, p. 115-118.

Koroknai B., Horváth P., Balogh K., Dunkl I. 2001: Alpine metamorphic evolution and cooling history of the Veporic crystalline basement in Northern Hungary: new petrological and geochronological constraints. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), 90/3, p. 740-751.

Koroknai B., Horváth P., Németh T. 2001: Chloritoid schist from the Uppony Mts (NE Hungary): mineralogical, petrological and structural data on a new occurrence. Acta Geologica Hungarica, 44/1, p. 47-65.

Horváth P. 2000: Metamorphic evolution of gabbroic rocks of the Bódva Valley Ophiolite Complex, NE Hungary. Geologica Carpathica, 51, p. 121-129.

Koroknai B., Horváth P., Németh T., Pelikán P. 2000: Chloritoid schists from the Uppony and Szendrő Paleozoic (NE Hungary): implications for the alpine structural and metamorphic evolution. Slovak Geological Magazine, 6/2-3, p. 269-272.

Árkai P., Horváth P., Nagy G. 1999: A clockwise P-T path from the Variscan basement of the Tisza Unit, Pannonian Basin, Hungary. Geologica Croatica, 52, p. 109-117.

Horváth P. 1997: High-Pressure metamorphism and P-T path of the metabasic rocks in the borehole Komjáti-11, Bódva Valley area, NE Hungary. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Szeged, XXXVIII, p. 151-163.

Conference abstracts

Horváth P., Józsa S., Szakmány Gy. 2005: Petrography and geochemistry of eclogite pebbles from Pleistocene conglomerates at Dunavarsány, Hungary. 7th Eclogite Conference Abstracts, p. 54.

Fodor L., Horváth P., Koroknai B., Márton E., Trajanova M., Vrabec M., Vrabec M. 2005: Ductile to brittle extension during Neogene exhumation of the metamorphic and magmatic rocks of the Pohorje-Kozjak Mts. 15th Conference on Deformation Mechanics, Rheology and Tectonics. Abstract Volume

Balen, D., Horváth, P., Tomljenovic, B., Finger, F., Humer, B., Pamic, J., Árkai, P. 2005: P-T conditions and age of medium-grade metamorphism in the micaschists from the Kutjevacka Rijeka transect (Slavonian Mts., Croatia).- 3. Hrvatski geološki kongres, Abstracts book, Editors: Ivo Velic, Igor Vlahovic & Ranko Biondic, 9-11, Opatija, 29.09. - 01.10.2005.

Fodor L., Balogh K., Dunkl I., Horváth P., Koroknai B., Márton E., Pécskay Z., Trajanova M., Vrabec M., Vrabec M., Zupancic N. 2004: Structural evolution of the Pohorje-Kozjak Mts., Slovenia. Proceedings of the 9th Meeting of the Czech Tectonic Studies, 2nd Meeting of the Central European Tectonics Group, April 22-25 2004, Lucenec, Slovakia, Geolines, 17, p. 31-32., Inst. of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Horváth P., Árkai P. 2004: Amphibole-bearing assemblages as indicators of microdomain-scale equilibrium conditions in Alpine metamorfic rocks of the Meliata Unit, NE Hungary. Goldschmidt Conference, Kopenhagen, Denmark, June 5-11 2004

Judik K., Tibljas D., Horváth P., Dobosi G., Pamic J., Árkai P., Vidal O. 2004: Eoalpine low-temperature metamorphism in the Paleozoic complex of Mt. Medvednica, Croatia – mineral chemical and microstructural characterizations. 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy, August 20-28, 2004, Abstracts, Part 1, p. 298

Judik K., Tibljaš D., Balen D., Tomljenović B., Horváth P., Pamić J., Árkai P. 2003:  Contribution to the knowledge on the low-temperature metamorphism of Mt. Medvednica, Croatia, 10th Conference of the European Clay Groups Association, Modena, p. 44.

Koroknai B., Horváth P., Németh T. 2003: Alpine structural and metamorphic evolution in the Uppony and Szendrő Palaezoic (NE Hungary): consequences from two new chloritoid schist occurrences. 6th Alpine Geological Workshop, Sopron, Hungary, p. 56-57.

Judik K., Tibljaš D., Balen D., Tomljenović B., Horváth P., Pamić J., Árkai P. 2002:  New data on the low-temperature metamorphism of Mt. Medvednica and the Slavonian Mts. (Croatia), XVIIth Congress of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association, Bratislava

Judik K., Németh T., Sipos P., Dódony I., Tibljaš D., Horváth P., Árkai P 2002:  Corrensite in metabasalts and metagabbros from Mt. Medvednica, Croatia, DTTG 2002, Vienna, p. 69.

Árkai P., Christidis G., Manutsoglu E., Horváth P. 2001: Preliminary results on the phyllosilicate reaction progress in the Permo-Triassic Ravdoucha (Tyros) beds of the External Hellenides (Crete, Greece). Abstracts, Mid-European Clay Conference '01, Stará Lesná, p. 3.

Horváth P., Árkai P. 2001: Alpine metamorphism in a dismembered, Mesozoic ophiolite sequence: the Bódva Valley Ophiolite Complex, NE Hungary. Abstracts, EUG 11 Congress, Strasbourg, p. 566.

Janák M., Plasienka D., Cosca M., Schmidt S.T., Lupták B., Török K., Koroknai B., Horváth P., Balogh K., Dunkl I. 2001: Eoalpine metamorphism in the Sopron Mountains, Eastern Alps (Hungary) and the Veporic Unit, Western Carpathians (Slovakia, Hungary): evidence for Cretaceous crustal collision in the eastern continuation of the Austroalpine units. Abstracts, EUG 11 Congress, Strasbourg, p. 566.

Koroknai B., Horváth P., Balogh K., Dunkl I. 2000: The Hurbanovo-Diósjenő Line: Implications from Alpine metamorphic evolution and cooling history of the adjacent Veporic crystalline basement in northern Hungary. Abstracts, PANCARDI 2000, Dubrovnik, p. 65-67.

Koroknai B., Horváth P., Balogh K., Dunkl I. 1999: Alpine metamorphic evolution and cooling history of the Veporic crystalline basement in Northern Hungary: new petrological and geochronological constraints. Abstracts, 4th Workshop On Alpine Geological Studies, Tübingen, p. 123.

Koroknai B., Horváth P. 1999: New petrological data on the metamorphic evolution of the Veporic crystalline basement, Northern Hungary. Abstracts, CBGA Commission on Metamorphism, II. Field Meeting, Herlany, p. 207.

Horváth P. 1999: Petrography and metamorphic evolution of the Bódva Valley Ophiolite Complex, NE Hungary. Abstracts, CBGA Commission on Metamorphism, II. Field Meeting, Herlany, p. 201.

Horváth P., Árkai P. 1999: Well-preserved prograde P-T path from the Variscan basement of the Tisza Unit, Pannonian Basin, Hungary. Abstracts, EUG 10 Congress, Strasbourg, p. 706.

Balogh K., Koroknai B., Horváth P. 1999: New K/Ar and Ar/Ar ages on the Veporic crystalline basement in Northern Hungary. Abstracts, CBGA Commission on Metamorphism, II. Field Meeting, Herlany, p. 195.

Horváth P., Árkai P. 1998: Comparison of the Alpine metamorphic evolution of the Bódva Valley, Darnó Hill and Szarvaskő ophiolite complexes in NE Hungary. Abstracts, CBGA XVI Congress, Vienna, p. 213.