Jozef Zwierzycki, a prolific Polish geological mapping expert in Indonesia, 1914-1938

Authors

  • J.T. (Han) van Gorsel Retired ExxonMobil Houston
  • Alina Chrzastek Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland
  • Anna Gorecka-Nowak Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51835/bsed.2020.46.1.61

Abstract

Jozef Zwierzycki was a Polish-German geologist with a very eventful life. This included a long and remarkably productive career with the Dienst van het Mijnwezen (Bureau of Mines/ Geological Survey of the Netherlands Indies) from 1914-1938, first as a field geologist and eventually as Head of the Geological Survey Department. This was followed by an eventful late career back in Poland during and after World War II.

Zwierzycki left a legacy of about 50 scientific publications and a series of maps on the geology of the Netherlands Indies. In addition to his publications, he also authored many unpublished reports on surveys on gold, tin, petroleum and coal deposits in various parts of Indonesia.

Jozef Zwierzycki was born on 12 March 1888 in Krobi (Kroben), which is now in western Poland, but until 1918 was under Prussian (German) control. He went to elementary school in Krobi and completed high school in Gnesen. From 1908 he studied natural sciences and geology in Leipzig, Munich and Berlin. He obtained a doctorate in geology in October 1913 from the Alexander von Humboldt University in Berlin, with a thesis on ammonites from the 1911-1913 Tendaguru Expedition to Tanganyika, East Africa. This was followed by study at the Bergakademie (Mining Academy) of Berlin, where he graduated as a mining engineer in early 1914.

References

Zwierzycki, J. (1914)- Die Cephalopodenfauna der Tendaguru-Schichten in Deutsch-Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Tendaguru-Expedition 1913, 4, 44, Archiv fur Biontologie, Berlin, II, 4. p. 1-96.

Zwierzycki, J. (1915)- Voorlopig onderzoek van fossielen afkomstig van eenige vindplaatsen op Sumatra, A. Kroe, B. Lipai bij Bangkinang. Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 42 (1913), Verhandelingen 2, p. 101-129.

Oppenoorth, W.F.F. & J. Zwierzycki (1918)- Geomorfologische en tektonische waarnemingen als bijdrage tot verklaring van de landschapsvormen van Noord Sumatra. Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 46 (1917), Verhandelingen 1, p. 276-311.

Zwierzycki, J. (1922)- Verslag over een geologische verkenning van het Jong-Tertiaire gebied van Noordwest Atjeh in de onderafdeeling Groot-Atjeh (Terrrein “Atjeh III”). Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 48 (1919), Verhandelingen 1, p. 230-249.

Zwierzycki, J. (1922)- Geologische overzichtskaart van den Nederlandsch Oost Indischen Archipel, schaal 1: 1000,000- Toelichting bij blad 1 (Noord Sumatra). Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 48 (1919), Verhandelingen 1, p. 11-71.

Zwierzycki, J. (1922)- Geologische overzichtskaart van den Nederlandsch Oost Indischen Archipel, schaal 1: 1000,000- Toelichting bij blad VII (Tapanoeli, Sumatra’s Oostkust, Sumatra’s westkust). Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 48 (1919), Verhandelingen 1, p. 72-192.

Zwierzycki, J. (1922)- Koelietoestanden op Nieuw-Guinea. De Mijningenieur 3, 4, p. 46-50.

Zwierzycki, J. (1924)- Verslag over geologisch-mijnbouwkundige onderzoekingen in een gedeelte van Noord-Nieuw-Guinea. Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 50 (1921), Verhandelingen, 1, p. 95-161.

Zwierzycki, J. (1925)- Overzicht der Triasformatie in Nederlandsch Indie. Verhandelingen Geologisch-Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap Nederland Kolonien, Geol. Serie, 8 (Gedenkboek Verbeek volume), p. 633-648.

Zwierzycki, J. (1925)- Olie in de Trias op Boeton. De Mijningenieur 6, 1, p. 15-

Zwierzycki, J. (1926)- De beteekenis van nieuwe fossile werveldiervondsten bij Boemiajoe. De Mijningenieur 7, 12, p. 229-234.

Zwierzycki, J. (1928)- The stratigraphy of the coal and oil fields in the Netherlands East Indies. Proc. 3rd Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Tokyo 1926, 2, p. 1572-1593.

Zwierzycki, J. (1928)- Geologische overzichtskaart van Nederlandsch Indie. Toelichting bij de bladen XV en XXI (Noord en Zuid Nieuw Guinea). Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch-Indie 56 (1927), Verhandelingen 1, p. 248-308.

Zwierzycki, J. (1930)- Geologische overzichtskaart van den Nederlandsch Oost Indischen Archipel, schaal 1: 1000,000- Toelichting bij blad VIII (Midden Sumatra, Bangka en de Riauw eilanden). Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 58 (1929), Verhandelingen, p. 73-157.

Zwierzycki, J. (1930)- Toelichting bij de geotektonische kaart van Nederlandsch-Indie. Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch-Indie 58 (1929), Verhandelingen, p. 347-371.

Zwierzycki, J. (1931)- Geologische kaart van Sumatra 1:200.000. Toelichting bij blad 1 (Teloekbetoeng). Dienst Mijnbouw Nederlandsch-Indie, 30p.

Zwierzycki, J. (1932)- Geologische kaart van Sumatera, schaal 1:200 000. Toelichting bij Blad 2 (Kotaagoeng). Dienst Mijnbouw Nederlandsch-Indie, 30p.

Zwierzycki, J. (1932)- Geologische overzichtskaart van den Nederlandsch-Indischen Archipel, schaal 1: 1,000,000. Toelichting bij blad XIII (Vogelkop, West Nieuw Guinee). Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch-Indie 59 (1930), Verhandelingen 3, p. 1-55.

Zwierzycki, J. (1933)- Enkele nieuwere geologische waarnemingen op de tineilanden en op Sumatra betreffende het tinvraagstuk. De Mijningenieur 14, 10, p. 171-176.

Zwierzycki, J. (1935)- Die Ergebnisse der palaobotanischen Djambi-Expedition 1925. 1. Die geologischen Ergebnisse. Jaarboek Mijnwezen Nederlandsch-Indie 59 (1930), Verhandelingen 2, p. 1-70.

Zwierzycki, J. (1935)- Geologische beschrijving der petroleumterreinen van Java. Indonesia Geol. Survey Bandung, Open File Report E35-13, p. 1-46. (Unpublished)

Zwierzycki, J. (1936)- De geologie van de goudertsafzetting Redjang Lebong en de kansen van verdere exploratie. In: M. Muller, J. Kuntz & J. Zwierzycki, Rapporten betreffende geologische onderzoekingen in opdracht van de Directie der Mijnbouw Maatschappij Redjang-Lebong, Batavia, p. 37-58.

Westerveld, J. (1961)- In memoriam Professor Jozef Zwierzycki. Geologie Mijnbouw 40, p. 227-229.

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2021-08-07

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van Gorsel, J. (Han), Chrzastek, A., & Gorecka-Nowak, A. (2021). Jozef Zwierzycki, a prolific Polish geological mapping expert in Indonesia, 1914-1938. Berita Sedimentologi, 46(1), 61–73. https://doi.org/10.51835/bsed.2020.46.1.61

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