waters and the continental shelf (1961–1969), sporadically continued until 1978
and resumed after 1990 within the national and international researches campaigns.
Among many Romanian scientists, who had devoted their lives to the sea study,
we must remind of: M. Ba ˘cescu, A. E. Pora, A.C. Banu, H. Skolka, C. Bondar,
Gh. Gomoiu, A.S. Bologa, N. Panin (see Fig. 33.8 – researches on the paleogeographical evolution of Danube Delta) and many others; it is remarkable the
co-ordination work of the marine research activities, led by A.S. (1989–1999),
Gh. Serpoianu – 1990 and for decades, the teaching and the scientific work of
dr. O. Selariu in this field.
In the years of the First World War, the Romanian Navy was part of the general
war effort, the Romanian Navy Staff had organized many naval actions, particularly
on the Danube river. The Vice-Admiral Constantin Balescu, commander of the
Romanian Navy, remarked himself during the military operations carried under his
command in the summer and autumn of 1917, when the Navy batteries and the
monitors artillery bombarded with much effectiveness the positions of the enemy
naval forces, the Romanian Naval Forces recording notable successes. Also, they
had been realized river hydrographical surveys as support for these military actions.
The achievement in 1918 of the Romanian national unitary state, as result of
the union of all Romanian historical provinces, had allowed the development of the
Romanian Military Fleet during the interwar period. Following the efforts of the
Fig. 33.8 Paleogeographical evolution of Danube Delta (After Panin-1997)
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555
and resumed after 1990 within the national and international researches campaigns.
Among many Romanian scientists, who had devoted their lives to the sea study,
we must remind of: M. Ba ˘cescu, A. E. Pora, A.C. Banu, H. Skolka, C. Bondar,
Gh. Gomoiu, A.S. Bologa, N. Panin (see Fig. 33.8 – researches on the paleogeographical evolution of Danube Delta) and many others; it is remarkable the
co-ordination work of the marine research activities, led by A.S. (1989–1999),
Gh. Serpoianu – 1990 and for decades, the teaching and the scientific work of
dr. O. Selariu in this field.
In the years of the First World War, the Romanian Navy was part of the general
war effort, the Romanian Navy Staff had organized many naval actions, particularly
on the Danube river. The Vice-Admiral Constantin Balescu, commander of the
Romanian Navy, remarked himself during the military operations carried under his
command in the summer and autumn of 1917, when the Navy batteries and the
monitors artillery bombarded with much effectiveness the positions of the enemy
naval forces, the Romanian Naval Forces recording notable successes. Also, they
had been realized river hydrographical surveys as support for these military actions.
The achievement in 1918 of the Romanian national unitary state, as result of
the union of all Romanian historical provinces, had allowed the development of the
Romanian Military Fleet during the interwar period. Following the efforts of the
Fig. 33.8 Paleogeographical evolution of Danube Delta (After Panin-1997)
33 Romanian Hydrography – Over 100 Years of History
555