Mineral and Rock Collection
Natural History Museum
Eötvös University Budapest (ELTE)

Research Interests: Silicate, sulfide and fluid inclusion, olivine, volcanism

Memberships:

1.)    Hungarian Geological Society (1995-);

Awards:

1.) Special prize of the Hungarian Geological Society at the National Scientific Conference of Students held at University of Debrecen, Debrecen (Hungary), 1999;

2.) Special prize of the Dean of the Natural Sciences of the Eötvös University, at the Eötvös Memorial Day, Budapest (Hungary), 1999;

3.) 3^rd place at the XXXII. Conference of Young Earth Scientists, Győr (Hungary), 2001;

4.) Kriván Pál award from the Hungarian Geological Society for the best geologist M.Sc. Thesis in 2001, Budapest (Hungary), 2002;

5.) 1^st place at the XXXIII. Conference of Young Earth Scientists, Salgótarján (Hungary), 2003;

Scholarships:

1.) Scholarship of the Hungarian and Russian Academy of Science at the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) in Novosibirsk, September 1-November 1, 2000;

2.) Scholarship of the Austrian-Hungarian Action Foundation at the University of Vienna, October 1-November 30, 2002;

3.) Visiting student for 14 days at the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) in Novosibirsk, July 31-August 15, 2003;

4.) Scholarship of CEEPUS at the University of Vienna, May 1-31, 2004;

5.) Scholarship of the Hungarian and Russian Academy of Science at the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) in Novosibirsk, September 1-November 1, 2005;

Workshops and short courses:

1.) 3^rd EMU Summer school on Solid Solution in Silicate and Oxide Systems of Geological Importance. 24-29. June, 2001, Lübeck (Germany);

2.) 4^th EMU Summer school on Energy modelling in minerals, 29 June-7 July, 2002, Budapest (Hungary);

3.) Workshop-short course on volcanic systems, Geochemical and Geophysical Monitoring, Melt inclusions: methods, applications and problems. September 26-30^th 2002, Seiano di Vico Equense, Napoli (Italy);

4.) Introduction Course: Fluid Inclusions by Professor Ronald J. Bakker (University of Leoben, Austria), 13-15 April, 2004, Szeged (Hungary);

5.) 5^th EMU Summer school on Ultra High Pressure Metamorphism. 18-27 July, 2003, Budapest (Hungary);

6.) “Diffusion – Theoretical Background and Case Studies” Short Course by Professors Rainer Abart, Ralf Milke (Free University of Berlin, Germany) and Wilhelm Heinrich (GeoFortschrungZentrum, Potsdam, Germany), October 24-28, 2007, Budapest (Hungary);

Papers:

Kovács I. , Bali, E., Kóthay, K., Szabó, Cs. & Nédli, Zs. (2003): Petrogenetic significance of quartz and feldspar xenocrysts in basaltic rocks. Földtani Közlöny., 133, 394-420. (in Hungarian with English abstract)

Kóthay, K., Szabó, Cs., Török, K. & Sharygin, V. (2005) A droplet of the magma: silicate melt inclusions in olivine phenocrysts from alkali basalt of Hegyestű. Földtani Közlöny, 135, 31-55. (in Hungarian with English abstract)

Schubert F., Kóthay, K., Dégi, J., M. Tóth, T., Bali, E., Szabó, Cs., Benkó, Zs. & Zajacz, Z. (2007) A szakirodalomban használt fluidum- és olvadékzárványokkal kapcsolatos kifejezések és szimbólumok tára (Terms and symbols used in English and Hungarian fluid and melt inclusion literature). Földtani Közlöny, 137, 83-102, (in Hungarian with English abstract).

Sharygin, V.V., Szabó, Cs., Kóthay, K., Timina, T. Ju., Pető, M., Török, K., Vapnik, Ye. & Kuzmin, D.V. (2007) Rhönite in silica-undersaturated alkali basalts: inferences on silicate melt inclusions in olivine phenocrysts. in Vladykin, N.V. (ed.) Alkaline Magmatism, Its Sources and Plumes, Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry, Irkutsk-Napoli (UDK 550.42+552.111) 157-182.

Manuscripts:

Kóthay, K. (1998) One drop from the magma: silicate melt inclusion study in olivine phenocrysts from the Hegyestű basalt (Balaton Highland) (in Hungarian). Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, pp: 44. (Thesis of the National Scientific Conference of Students);

Kóthay, K. (2001) Silicate melt inclusion study in olivine phenocrysts from Hegyestű basalt (Balaton Highland) (in Hungarian). Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, pp: 82. (M.Sc. Thesis)

Abstracts:

Kóthay, K. (1999) Petrologic study of silicate melt inclusion in olivine phenocryst from Hegyestű basalt (in Hungarian) 15th Hungarian Young Earth Scientists Conference, Siófok, March 25-26, 1999, programs and abstracts, 14.

Kóthay, K. (1999) One drop from the magma: Silicate melt inclusion study in olivine phenocrysts from the Hegyestű basalt (Balaton Highland) (in Hungarian). XXIV. National Scientific Conference of Students, Debrecen, March 31 - April 2, 1999, abstract, 115.

Kóthay, K . & Szabó, Cs. (1999) Silicate melt inclusion study on olivine phenocrysts from the Hegyestű basalt, Balaton Highland, Hungary. ECROFI XV Conference, Potsdam, June 21-24, 1999. Terra Nostra, 99/6, extended abstract , 170-173.

Kóthay, K. (1999) Petrologic study of silicate melt inclusions in olivine phenocrysts of the Hegyestű basalt (Balaton Highland, Hungary). Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Beihefte zum European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, MinWien 99, Augustus 28 - September 1, 1999. Abstract, 134.

Kóthay, K. & Szabó, Cs. (2000) Rhönite in silicate melt inclusions of olivine phenocrysts from the alkali basalt of Hegyestű, Balaton Highland, Hungary. Minerals of the Carpathians International Conference, Miskolc, Hungary, 2000. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, XLI, Suppl., 63.

Kóthay, K. (2001) Silicate melt and fluid inclusion in olivine and clinopyroxene phenocryst from Hegyestű basalt (in Hungarian). 16th Hungarian Young Earth Scientists Conference, Győr, Hungary, March 23-24, 2001. Programs and Abstracts, 26.

Kóthay, K., Szabó, Cs., Sharygin, V. & Török K. (2001) Silicate melt inclusion study in olivine phenocrysts and clinopyroxene microphenocryst in the Hegyestű basalt, Bakony-Balaton Highland, Hungary. ECROFI XVI Conference, Porto, Portugal, May 2-4, 2001. Faculdade de Ciências do Porto, Departemento de Geologia, Memória nº7, Extended abstract, 237-240.

Kóthay, K., Szabó, Cs., Sharygin, V. & Török K. (2001) Silicate melt inclusions in olivine and clinopyroxene microphenocryst from the Hegyestű basalt, Bakony-Balaton Highland, Hungary. PANCARDI 2001 Conference, Sopron, Hungary, September 19-22, 2001. Abstracts, PO-12.

Kóthay, K. & Szabó, Cs. (2001) Silicate melt inclusions in olivine phenocrysts in the Hegyestű basalt, Bakony-Balaton Highland. MinPet 2001, Vienna, Austria, September 24-26, 2001. Mitt. Österr. Miner.Ges, 146, abstract, 151.

Kóthay, K., (2003) One drop from the magma: silicate melt inclusions in the olivine phenocrysts of alkali basalts. (In Hungarian) Mining, Metallurgy and Geology Conference, Zilău, Romania, 2000. April 11-13, abstracts, 70.

Kóthay, K., Pető, M., Szabó, Cs., Török, K., Sharygin, V.V., Timina, T. Ju. & Ntaflos, T. (2003) A comprehensive silicate melt inclusion study of olivine phenocrysts from Hegyestű (Bakony-Balaton Highland) and Pécskő (Nógrád-Gömör) alkali basalts, Pannonian Basin, Hungary.  ECROFI XVII Conference, Budapest, June 5-7, 2003. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series 2, 105-106.

Sharygin, V.V., Kóthay, K., Pető, M., Török, K., Timina, T. Ju., Vapnik, Y., Kuzmin, D. & Szabó, Cs (2003) Rhönite in alkali basalts: studies of silicate melt inclusions in olivine phenocrysts. ECROFI XVII Conference, Budapest, June 5-7, 2003. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica Abstract Series 2, 182-183.

Kóthay, K. (2004) Similarities and differences between primary alkali basaltic magmas from the Bakony-Balaton Highland Volcanic Field, Hungary: evidence from silicate melt inclusions. Mineralogy and Museums 5, Paris, September 5-8, 2004. Bulletin de liaisonde la Société Francaise de Minéralogie et Cristallographie, Vol. 16. No. 2.

Weiszburg, T.G. & Kóthay, K. (2004) Moving the 230 year old Historical Mineral and Rock Collection of the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary to a modern university campus. Mineralogy and Museums 5, Paris, September 5-8, 2004. Bulletin de liaisonde la Société Francaise de Minéralogie et Cristallographie, Vol. 16. No. 2.

Kóthay, K., Szabó, Cs., Török, K., Sharygin, V. & Ntaflos, T. (2005) Comprehensive study on silicate melt inclusions of olivine phenocrysts from different alkali basalt volcanoes (Hegyestű and Haláp) from the Bakony-Balaton Highland Volcanic Field, Central Pannonian Basin, Hungary, ECROFI XVIII Conference, Siena, July 6-9, 2005.

Kóthay, K., Sharygin, V.V., Török, K., Ntaflos, T & Szabó, Cs. (2007) New results in study of silicate melt inclusions in Bakony-Balaton Highland Volcanic Field, Pannonian Basin, Western Hungary. European Current Research on Fluid Inclusions (ECROFI-XIX), 17-20 July, 2007, Bern, Switzerand, Programme and Abstracts, 216.

Kóthay, K., Szabó, Cs. & Sharygin, V. V. (2010) Comparison in melt composition of two volcanoes (Hegyestű and Haláp) from the Bakony-Balaton Highland Volcanic Field (Hungary) based on primary silicate melt inclusion study. 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, August 21-27, 2010, Budapest, Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Abstract Series, 200.

Kóthay, K., Szabó, Cs. & Sharygin, V.V. (2010) Comparative silicate melt inclusion study of two volcanoes (Hegyestű and Haláp) int he Bakony-Balaton Highland Volcanic Field, Hungary. 3rd Biennial Conference on Asian Current Research on Fluid Inclusions (ACROFI III) and International Conference on Thermobarogeochemistry (TBG-XIV), September 15-20, 2010, Novosibirsk, Russia, Abstracts, 102-103.

Last updated: 24 October, 2010