scholarly journals A hundred years of the Polish Geological Institute Editorial

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leszek MARKS ◽  
Stanisław Wołkowicz
Keyword(s):  
2019 ◽  
Vol 188 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-146
Author(s):  
Martin Bohatý ◽  
Dalibor Velebil

Adalbert Wraný (*1836, †1902) was a doctor of medicine, with his primary specialization in pediatric pathology, and was also one of the founders of microscopic and chemical diagnostics. He was interested in natural sciences, chemistry, botany, paleontology and above all mineralogy. He wrote two books, one on the development of mineralogical research in Bohemia (1896), and the other on the history of industrial chemistry in Bohemia (1902). Wraný also assembled several natural science collections. During his lifetime, he gave to the National Museum large collections of rocks, a collection of cut precious stones and his library. He donated a collection of fossils to the Geological Institute of the Czech University (now Charles University). He was an inspector of the mineralogical collection of the National Museum. After his death, he bequeathed to the National Museum his collection of minerals and the rest of the gemstone collection. He donated paintings to the Prague City Museum, and other property to the Klar Institute of the Blind in Prague. The National Museum’s collection currently contains 4 325 samples of minerals, as well as 21 meteorites and several hundred cut precious stones from Wraný’s collection.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6-2020) ◽  
pp. 137-153
Author(s):  
Pavel V. Pripachkin ◽  

Valentin Andreevich Pripachkin came to work at the Geological Institute of the Kola Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciencesin the early 60s of the twentieth century. He made a successful career in science —he defended his PhD thesis, was the head of the laboratory, scientific secretary and deputy director of the Geological Institute, deputy head of the Department of Geology of the Apatity branch of the Murmansk State Technical University. However, the article is devoted to what Valentin Pripachkin and his peers were outside of their main work —on sports grounds, in amateur groups and informal creative unions.


LITOSFERA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-272
Author(s):  
B. N. Abramov ◽  
V. F. Posokhov

Research subject. Tungsten deposits of the Aginsky and Argunsky structural-formation zones in the Eastern Transbaikalia. The aim was to clarify the sources and conditions for the formation of tungsten mineralisation, as well as to clarify a relationship between magmatism and tungsten mineralisation. The conditions of deposit formation were studied using data on the chemical composition of rocks and ores and the oxygen isotopic composition of the ore veins of tungsten deposits.Methods. The elemental composition of rocks was determined by the methods of X-ray fluorescence and standard chemical analysis; the concentration of rare-earth elements was determined by sorption-atomic emission analysis with inductively coupled plasma (Geological Institute SB RAS, Ulan-Ude). The examination of oxygen isotope composition was carried out at the Geological Institute of SB RAS (Ulan-Ude) using a MIR 10-30 system of laser heating with a 100W CO2 laser and 10.6 microns wavelength in the infrared region in the presence of a BrF5 reagent (analyst V.F. Posokhov).Results and conclusions. It was established that granites in the Kukulbey complex of the Antonovogorsky and Bukukinsky tungsten deposits correspond to granites of an ilmenite series, while the ores in the Spokoininsky deposit are associated with the granites of a magnetite series. A close correlation was established between W with Ta, Nb, Hf and As, indicating similar compositions of ore-bearing sources of the tungsten deposits. For Barun-Shiveinsky, Antonovogorsky and Bukukinsky deposits, the oxygen isotope compositions in the fluid in equilibrium with quartz of the productive stage was calculated, indicating the magmatic sources of mineralisation.


Radiocarbon ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 448-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kh. A. Arslanov ◽  
L. I. Gromova ◽  
Yu. A. Rudneyev

For determining age scintillation variant was used. Measurement of a large quantity of benzol [benzene] permitted reaching a limit of 62,000 yr without isotope enrichment. Precautions against contamination of the samples with contemporary carbon and tritium were taken in laboratory handling. Dating began only after it had been established that contamination had not taken place during chemical treatment. Benzol which displayed no radioactivity was synthesized from anthracite. Special measures were taken to remove humic acids from the sample by boiling the powdered sample for three days with three fresh lots of 2% solution of NaOH (Arslanov et al., 1966a, p. 134).


Geophysics ◽  
1955 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 683-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chester R. Longwell

Last year the number of member societies in the American Geological Institute was increased to 13 by admission of the Association of Geology Teachers. The youthful AGI, therefore, reminds us of our country at an early stage, when 13 independent colonies came to realize the advantage of standing together. What exactly is the AGI, and what are the prospects that it will improve the status of all earth science?


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