THE DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES
Head of the Department: Ilijanić Nikolina, PhD
Tel: +385 1 6160 744
E-mail: mailto:nikolina.ilijanic@hgi-cgs.hr
The Department of Mineral Resources gathers several natural geoscientific themes including mineral resources ), environmental geochemistry, paleolimnology, speleothem research and marine geology. The Department act as partner in industry and science, performing duties in the following fields of scientific research :
- Investigate and assess mineral resource potential in the Republic of Croatia, geological characteristics of mineral deposits in the Republic of Croatia, sustainable management of mineral resources and spatial planning, expert reposrts on reserves, development and maintenance of mineral resources database in the Republic of Croatia;
- Geochemical research of soils, karst poljes, lakes and marinesediments, speleothems, paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic changes in terrestrial environments (lakes, peatlands), marine environments and speleothems during Quaternary;
- Marine geological mapping and research, sea level changes and coastline migrations and transgressions during the Quaternary.
The Department performs both, field and laboratory research. Field equipment includes equipment for sampling of undisturbed sequences of sediments and soil, folding platform, panoramic and multibeam echo sounder, rubbery and engines.
The Department of Mineral Resources currently has 14 employees..
