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Plurivalenţa universului acvatic în abordarea academicianului Marcu Botzan
The multifaceted of aquatic universe in the approach of academician Marcu Botzan

Author(s): Marian Moșneagu
Subject(s): Agriculture, Book-Review
Published by: Editura Mega Print SRL
Keywords: Marcu Botzan; agronomist engineer; academician; laborious research activity in profile institutions;

Summary/Abstract: Well-known agronomist engineer, academician Marcu Botzan (born March 30, 1913, Craiova – deceased March 8, 2011, Bucharest) had developed a laborious research activity in profile institutions, between 1936 and 1973, as a manager of Research Institute for Land Developments and Pediology, respectively as deputy manager of Land Developments Institute. He was preoccupied for the organization of experimental fields in order to research the irrigation regime and water consumption, the water distribution technique, the hydrotechnical constructions behavior, the drainage technique and damming and the dammed and drained precincts behavior, he developed models for types of water from soil evaluations and he conducted doctor’s degrees in land developments. Marcu Botzan approached multi-disciplinary the problems of Romania’s waters, his work includes over 130 original works. Among these, there are works that are referring to interior waters toponymy, water transports and the Danube’s European statute, as “Waters in the Romanian People’s Life”, Ceres Publishing, Bucharest, 1984, “Water Roads”, Sport-Tourism Publishing, Bucharest, 1990, “Hydrological Land Management Capitalization of Romanian Danube Riverside and Delta”, Agricultural Technique Propaganda Editorial, Bucharest, 1991 (in collaboration with C. Haret, I. Stanciu, L. Buhociu and I. Vişinescu), “Landmarks of a Science of Environment Correction”, Academy Publishing, Bucharest, 1994, “Environment and Life in the Carpathian-Danube-Pontic Space”, Romanian Academy Publishing, Bucharest, 1996, “Romanian Hydronymy or Waters Baptism”, Romanian Academy Publishing, Bucharest, 2002 and “Guide for Romanian Danube”, Romanian Academy Publishing, Bucharest, 2004.

  • Issue Year: 6/2013
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 253-264
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian