| Application of modern gravimetric and other geophysical methods to selected problems of geological structure of the earth crust and lithosphere and of its geodynamics processes |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2023 - 31. 12. 2026 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0002/23 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., prof. RNDr. Bielik Miroslav, DrSc., RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, Mgr. Bódi Jozef, Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., Mgr. Godová Dominika, Mgr. Kohút Igor, PhD., Mgr. Ondrášová Lenka, Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., RNDr. Tomek Čestmír, CSc., RNDr. Vozár Ján, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| DISLOCAT - Atlas of tectonic dislocations of the Earth´s crust in the territory of Slovakia |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2022 - 30. 6. 2026 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-21-0159 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, Mgr. Csicsay Kristián, PhD., Mgr. Fojtíková Lucia, PhD., Mgr. Godová Dominika, RNDr. Madarás Ján, PhD., Mgr. Madzin Jozef, PhD., Mgr. Nogová Ema, Mgr. Ondrášová Lenka, Ing., RNDr. Smetanová Iveta, PhD., Mgr. Šugár Martin, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The knowledge of tectonic dislocations (faults) is essential for various areas of economic activity (e.g. large transport constructions, dams, nuclear power plants, mineral exploration and exploration of geothermal waters), and it has an impact on environmental issues (e.g. risks, slope deformations, sites for radioactive waste seismic storage). The systematic processing of data on the dislocations of crust in Slovakia in the form of a comprehensive monograph is highly needed. This is the aim of our DISLOCAT project. Based on the excerption of available published and archived data, all significant tectonic dislocations of crust will be characterized according to uniform criteria. We will focus on the faults from the youngest Neoalpine tectonic development, many of which are still active today. The basic parameters of the faults will include the manifestations of the faults in the geological map and/or aerial and satellite images, its course, inclination and depth, thickness of the disturbed zone, structural data and kinematics, age, seismicity, available geodetic measurements of recent movements, geomorphological manifestations and springs of water or emanations. Great attention will be paid to seismoactive fault zones. The information about selected faults will be collected and made more precise by field research into the geological structure and geophysical, mainly magnetotelluric measurements. |
| Temporal and spatial changes in the coralline algal assemblages from the shallow-water Tertiary limestones of the West Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2022 - 31. 12. 2025 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0070/22 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Hrabovský Juraj, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Antolíková Silvia, PhD., Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Mgr. Šurka Juraj |
| Annotation: |
Coralline algae are common constituent of the Tertiary shallow-water carbonates from the West Carpathians. They are suitable organisms for consideration of the global climate changes because distribution of these algae is driven mostly by sea-water temperature and irradiance. Global climatic events documented in the Tertiary West Carpathian limestones were yet not considered using coralline algal assemblage analyses and biocoenoses in which coralline algae are found. For purpose to improve our inferences, paleontologiclal and sedimentological results will be confronted with geochemical signal of the isotopic content from the exoskeletons of selected organisms. |
| Research on the influence of geological aspects on the estimation of seasonal correction factors of radon for living spaces |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2022 - 31. 12. 2025 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0019/22 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Ing., RNDr. Smetanová Iveta, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Csicsay Kristián, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
doc |
| Annotation: |
The main source of radon in buildings is the subsoil. Radon concentration in the soil air is not constant and depends on several parameters. A proper understanding of the mechanisms of radon transport from soil to homes can help reduce the health risk of the population from radon exposure. Concentrations of 222Rn, 226Ra, 232Th, 40K in the soil will be monitored in order to gain new knowledge about their distribution in the soil and also contribute to a better understanding of radon exhalation from soil as afunction of soils parameters. The research will also improve the sensitivity of 222Rn measurement methods. Models describing the entry of radon into buildings and radon behavior in residential areas will be improved and tested. Based on a year-long measurement of indoor 222Rn and knowledge of the subsoil, seasonal correction factors for the calculation of average annual indoor radon, depending on the geological aspects of the soils, will be proposed and adjusted. |
| Paleoproxy - Chronostratigraphic standards and sedimentary archives of global changes of biota and paleoenvironments of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 8. 2021 - 30. 6. 2025 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-20-0079 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Antolíková Silvia, PhD., prof. RNDr. Aubrecht Roman, PhD., RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Hrabovský Juraj, PhD., Mgr. Koubová Ivana, PhD., Mgr. Madzin Jozef, PhD., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD., Mgr. Šurka Juraj, Mgr. Vďačný Marek, PhD., Mgr. Žatková Lucia |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
Sedimentary archives preserve a time-stratigraphic boundaries and records of evolutionary development, life environments, climatic conditions and the Earth global changes. The project is focused to integrated research and multiproxy analysis of stratigraphic sections of the Western Carpathians. The first objective of project will be to provide the data for determination of stratigraphic boundaries and their time-scale calibration with international stratotype sections GSSP. The most usefull for dating of marine sediments are planktonic organisms, which provide a bioevents for global correlation of stratigraphic stage boundaries, biozones, magnetochrons, isotope curves, orbital cycles, etc. Beside of crucial importance for stratigraphy, the fossil microorganisms also provide a sensitive proxy for climatic conditions, CO2 content, eustatic sea level, oxygen concentration, circulation, isolation, and another paleoenvironmental changes. Terrestrial environments will be analyzed in term of mammalian biostratigraphy, vertebrate paleoecology and paleovegetation. The aim of the project will be identification of stratigraphic boundary events at reference sections of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic formations of the Western Carpathians, and their correlation with geologic time scale and global changes of paleoenvironments in Tethyan and Paratethyan basins. |
| Mobility and accumulation of critical elements during formation and alteration of orogenic carbonatites |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2022 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0013/22 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Hurai Vratislav, DrSc. |
| Annotation: |
Minerals of critical metals (Zr, Nb, Ta, REE) are prospective raw materials that trigger the recent technological progress. These elements are preferably bound to carbonatites, i.e. igneous rocks composed predominantly of carbonates. The overwhelming part of recent knowledge concerns carbonatites in stable cratons. Recently, however, the metallogenetic potential of orogenic carbonatites from tectonic plate junctions has been investigated. These carbonatites are intensely reworked, which affected the behavior of critical elements. The aim of the project is mineralogical, geochemical and geochronological research of selected carbonatite deposits in Mozambique and China in order to identify processes of mobilization, accumulation and disproportionation of critical metals during magma fractionation and superimposed metamorphic, hydrothermal and metasomatic reworking. The main output of the project will be the formulation of criteria for optimizing exploration methods for orogenic carbonatites. |
| Radon activity concentration in selected show caves in Slovakia |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2021 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0015/21 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Ing., RNDr. Smetanová Iveta, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Csicsay Kristián, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The project addresses the investigation of radon activity concentration (222Rn) in the atmosphere of selected show caves in Slovakia, using integral and continuous measurements. Long-term integral and short-term continuous monitoring will be performed in the atmosphere of the Brestovská Cave, the Harmanecká Cave and the Demänovská jaskyňa slobody Cave. In the Važecká Cave the continuous monitoring of radon will continue. Periodic and non periodic variation of radon activity concentration will be evaluated in relation to the meteorological parameters measured inside and outside the cave. Radon activity concentration in water collected from lakes and streams in the above mentioned caves will be determined. On the basis of the obtained experimental data a model of seasonal, daily and short-term variations of radon in caves will be proposed and tested, as well as model of their ventilation regime. |
| Response of Mountain pine to stress factors in mountain areas of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2021 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0093/21 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Ing. Lukasová Veronika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, Mgr. Buchholcerová Anna, PhD., Mgr. Luhová Ľubica, RNDr. Nejedlík Pavol, CSc., Mgr. Onderka Milan, PhD., Ing. Varšová (Bičárová) Svetlana, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The communities of Mountain pine (Pinus mugo) fulfill important ecological and environmental functions in mountainous areas. Due to climate changes, these communities are exposed to warming, extreme weather conditions (hot dry summers, warm spells in winters, reduced snow periods and snow cover) and high surface ozone (O3) concentrations, which affects their condition. The project presents a comprehensive approach to assess the biological response of P. mugo communities to stress factors (O3 concentration and bioclimatic conditions) evaluated by the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), oxidative stability (OxSt) and the visible injury index (VII) of assimilation organs. The use of NDVI derived from satellite data which reflects the amount of chlorophyll in plant tissues; provides the possibility to analyze the damage in a large scale. Presented project is highly topical and responds to the requirements of the European Commission for the conservation of biodiversity in the context of climate change. |
| Rifting and subsidence history of back-arc basins across the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2021 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0526/21 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Kotulová Júlia, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The project is focused on the research of subsidence history, mainly in the Danube and East Slovakian Neogene basins. Due to a plentiful newly published research results, a need to revise older models is now present. With regards to the the aims of this work, new biostratigraphic, radiometric and geochemical analyzes (organic carbon content, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, biomarkers) will be performed. They will be derived from key deep wells, outcrops and correlated by using available reflection seismic. The analysis of subsidence history will allow the determination of the total, tectonic and thermal history in connection with the geodynamic development of the Western Carpathians. The study will also bring new insights into the hydrocarbon and geothermal systems of the basins. The final refined tectono-thermal models will therefore be potentially applicable in various energy industry sectors. |
| Amber cockroaches (III) |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2022 - 31. 12. 2024 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0113/22 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Vršanský Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Hinkelman Jan, Mgr. Koubová Ivana, PhD., Mgr. Sendi Hemen |
| Annotation: |
Cockroaches are the most significant terrestrial fossils and their study in this agency terminated in two successful projects (one "excellent project" of the agency, referenced in Nature and also in Science, popularised 3x in title BBC). Project is summarising and studying about 4.000 amber cockroaches with most of them from the extremely rare ambers from time of dinosaurs. Unique study contributes to the knowledge of the amber source ecosystems (paleoecology, including the only reference point to the contemporary nature, the amber), detailed phylogenetical analysis (evolutionary patterns), functional morphology, anatomy (including gut content with endosymbionts and eggs) of Mesozoic animals including the sensorial systems, having no equivalent. The modest methods including synchrotron and newly developed ad-hoc optical methods are being used. |
| ALCABA - New Bouguer anomaly map of the Alpine-Carpathian area: a tool for gravity and tectonic applications |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2020 - 30. 6. 2024 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-19-0150 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., Mgr. Nogová Ema, RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Exact calculation of the complete Bouguer anomalies (CBA) plays an important role in applied gravimetry, whereas these serve as the main input into geological, structural and tectonic interpretation (in CBA maps all non-geological influences – mainly the manifestation of relief - are suppresed and the density inhomogeneities in lithosphere structure are displayed). The team of investigators of the submitted project was invited in the frame of an European initiative (AlpArray Gravity Research Group) with the aim to create a new map of CBA from the Alpine-Carpathian area. Up to day published solutions, coming from the so-called „Slovak gravimetric school“ (e.g.: reambulation of gravimetric databases on the national level, calculation of near and distant topographic effects, regularized, transformations of potential fields, 3D complex density modelling with the introduction of the geological corrections, stripping of gravimetric fields) could be further developed and applied during the tectonic interpretation of the new CBA map from the Alpine-Carpathian region with the aim to improve the knowledge about Alpine orogenesis and its relation to the upper-mantle dynamics. As a part of the project, there are planned also verification field measurements, which can contribute to the improvement of the precision of the gravimetrical dataset of the Alpine- Carpathian area. Project has chance to develop the methodics of CBA calculation in high-mountains environment using the concept of ellipsoidal heights and to deliver to other experts an unique new gravimetric map from the region of Western and Central Europe. Main output of the project will be the new CBA map from the Alpine- Carpathian region in a digital format (grid 4x4 km), which will be provided for a realisation of gravimetric, geodynamic, exploration, geothermal and other studies and researches. Additional outputs of the project will be the transformed maps (grids) of CBA field. |
| An analysis of robustness of selected structural parameters in relation to earthquake ground motion in local near-surface structures with stochastic perturbations of material parameters |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2020 - 31. 12. 2023 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0046/20 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. Mgr. Gális Martin, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
doc. Mgr. Kristek Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Kristeková Miriam, PhD., prof. RNDr. Moczo Peter, DrSc. |
| Annotation: |
Sufficiently accurate estimates of earthquake ground motion (EGM) at a site of interest is important for mitigation of potential damage during future earthquakes. EGM and associated damage during an earthquake can be significantly affected by site effects (e.g., an anomalous amplification of EGM). Key structural parameters, with potential to cause site effects, were identified using extensive numerical simulations of EGM performed in the framework of projects NERA (FP7) and SIGMA (EDF, CEA, Areva, ENEL). The simulations and analysis focused on deterministic models. An ongoing ID-Effects project (APVV) investigates also random variations of small-scale heterogeneities of material parameters (e.g., seismic wave speeds). The stochastic character of the variations requires an additional specific analysis. The most important aspect of the additional investigation is analysis of stability of the key structural parameters in complex stochastic models. |
| Genesis and evolutionary stages of the granite massif in the Tatric part of the Nízke Tatry Mts. |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2020 - 31. 12. 2023 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0075/20 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
doc. Mgr. Bačík Peter, PhD., doc. RNDr. Jeleň Stanislav, CSc., RNDr. Kohút Milan, CSc., Mgr. Kurylo Sergii, PhD., Mgr. Maraszewska Maria, PhD., RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica |
| Annotation: |
Project is focused on solution of genesis and evolution of granite massif in the Tatric part of the Nízke Tatry Mountains where up to now seven granite types were recognised. In spite of the importance of this large granite massif the modern complex geochemical and petrological analysis along with modern geochronology and solving genetic time sequence (mainly on the basis of the monazite chemical dating and isotopic zircon analysis) still absents. The new obtained data for the granite massif of the Nizke Tatry Mts., which has been repeatedly metamorphosed and has metallogenetic significance, will be correlated with the granites in the rest of the West-Carpathian crystalline basement and also with the Variscan Europe. |
| Chronology of global events in Tethyan and Parathethyan basins of the Western Carpathians infered from evolution and life environments of fossil planktonic organisms. |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2020 - 31. 12. 2023 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0013/20 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Antolíková Silvia, PhD., RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Budačová Stanislava, Mgr. Koubová Ivana, PhD., Mgr. Madzin Jozef, PhD., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Mgr. Šurka Juraj, Ing. Troppová Danka |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
Planktonic organisms are known as a most sensitive components of marine and oceanic ecosystems in the present time and geological history. Therefore, they belong to principal zonal microfossils, which have been used to compile the geological time scale. Bioevents in evolution of planktonic fossils (foraminifera, nannoplankton, tintinids, etc.) are correlable with stratigraphic boundaries of Mesozoic systems (J/K, K/T), periods (P/E, O/M), stages (Apt/Alb, Cen/Tur, Lut/Bar), biozones, magnetozones, isotope curves, orbital cycles, etc. Besides of crucial importance for biostratigraphy, the plankton is considered as a highly sensitive biotic proxy for climate, CO2 level, produktivity, eustacic changes, dissolved oxygen, circulation, isolation and others. The project is intended to identify of planktonic bioevents in the Western Carpathian sections, their correlation with phylogenic features, international stratotypes and global paleoenvironmental changes of the Tethyan and Paratethyan basins. |
| Complex analysis of the effects of rising air temperature on rainfall extremes in Slovakia |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2021 - 31. 12. 2023 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0003/21 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Onderka Milan, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Buchholcerová Anna, PhD., Ing. Lukasová Veronika, PhD., RNDr. Nejedlík Pavol, CSc., Ing. Varšová (Bičárová) Svetlana, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Climate extremes, including extreme rainfall and heat waves, have intensified in the recent decades. This trend is attributable mainly to higher temperature and subsequent higher water vapor content in the atmosphere. A simple relation of precipitation extremes and air temperature is site specific and the relationship between air temperature, dew point temperature and precipitation extremes should be evaluated for each site individually. To our best knowledge, no study has yet been conducted in Slovakia that would deal with the complex stochastic characteristics of precipitation extremes in relation to air temperature, humidity and climate indices simultaneously. In this project we will develop novel process-oriented procedures to estimate design rainfall values. In addition, we will project annual, seasonal, daily and sub-day rainfall sums and their quantiles for time horizons (eg 2030, 2050 and 2080) based on the outputs of the regional climate modelsRCMs (e.g. CORDEX or ALADIN). |
| Fine laminated deposits - a tool for chronology of the latest Pleistocene climatic events in the Tatra Mts. |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2021 - 31. 12. 2023 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0163/21 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Dr. Kyška-Pipík Radovan, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., MSc. Kanagasundaram Ramachandran Dhavamani, MSc., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Mgr. Šurka Juraj, M.Sc. Vidhya Marina Marina, M.Sc. , Mgr. Žatková Lucia |
| Magnetotelluric modeling of deep tectonic structures at the European pltform and Carpathian block interface. |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2020 - 31. 12. 2023 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0047/20 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Godová Dominika, Mgr. Madzin Jozef, PhD., RNDr. Marsenić Alexandra, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The development during the youngest phases of the current orogeny of the Western Carpathians is atypical compared to the other young orogeny in the world. The cause is the oblique collision of the Carpathian block with European platform leading to the formation of highly complex subsurface tectonic structures at the interface of these two plates. It is also important to trace the manifestations of this oblique collision in the deep tectonic structures. This is only possible through geophysical methods. The project aims to analyze the deep tectonic structures at the interface between European platform and Carpathian block by magnetotelluric modeling using seismic, gravimetric and magnetic data. |
| Metamorphic processes in collisional orogenic zones |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2020 - 31. 12. 2023 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0056/20 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Kohút Milan, CSc., Mgr. Kurylo Sergii, PhD., RNDr. Madarás Ján, PhD., RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica, Mgr. Šipková Mária |
| Annotation: |
The project deals with metamorphic processes in collisional orogenic zones, mainly ultrahigh-pressure metamoprhism (UHPM). Several types of rocks - eclogites, garnet peridotites, gneisses, granulites and migmatites will be investigated in selected terrains including the Western Carpathians, Eastern Alps (Pohorje), Scandinavian Caledonides and Rhodopes. Major objectives of the project include phase relations of mineral assemblages and thermodynamic (P-T-X) conditions during subduction and exhumation. A special attention will be paid to identification of ultrahigh- pressure phases including microdiamonds. Detailed study of accessory minerals (monazite, zircon, rutile) will be focused on their stability in metamorphic processes with implications for geochronological dating and reconstruction of the P-T-t paths. The project will be carried out using modern and innovative methods and the outputs from the project may expand knowledge on geodynamic evolution of Earth´s lithosphere in collisional orogenic zones. |
| Variability of geomagnetic field in various time scales from the point of view of physical causes |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2021 - 31. 12. 2023 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0085/21 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Revallo Miloš, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
doc. Mgr. Guba Peter, PhD., RNDr. Váczyová Magdaléna, PhD., Mgr. Valach Fridrich, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The project is aimed at modelling of selected aspects of geomagnetism related to the variability of the Earth\'s magnetic field in various time scales. In the case of short time scales (hours, days), magnetic disturbances due to external influences, especially variable solar activity, will be investigated. In the case of long time scales, a partial task of the project will be the analysis of processes related to the internal sources of the magnetic field. Rapid time changes of the field are one of the manifestations of space weather, which can endanger present technological systems. Slow temporal changes of the field are the reason why its monitoring is necessary, especially for navigation purposes in aviation. The presented project is focused on solving partial problems related to a wider spectrum of variations of the Earth\'s magnetic field, with a physical view of the causes in connection with variable solar activity and also with the basic principles related to the generation processes of the field. |
| BLEPOSK - - |
| Duration: |
15. 10. 2022 - 30. 11. 2023 |
| Evidence number: |
NFP313010BWT8 |
| Program: |
Štrukturálne fondy EÚ Výskum a vývoj |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Nejedlík Pavol, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Buchholcerová Anna, PhD., Mgr. Halašiová Nataša, Dr. Kyška-Pipík Radovan, PhD., Ing. Lukasová Veronika, PhD., RNDr. Madarás Ján, PhD., Ing. Paľová Henrieta , doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc., Mgr. Šurka Juraj, Ing. Varšová (Bičárová) Svetlana, PhD., Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| HARDROCKS - Ultrahogh-pressure metamorphic rocks and granitoids of colisional orogens: P-T-X conditions, formation of microdiamonds, stability of accessory minerals nd geodynamic evolution |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2019 - 30. 6. 2023 |
| Evidence number: |
apvv-18-0107 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Kohút Milan, CSc., Mgr. Kurylo Sergii, PhD., Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., RNDr. Madarás Ján, PhD., Mgr. Maraszewska Maria, PhD., Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc., Mgr. Vlasáč Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The project deals with ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism and granitoid magmatism in collisional orogenic zones. Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks - eclogites, garnet peridotites, gneisses, granulites and various types of granitoids will be investigated in selected terrains including the Western Carpathians, Eastern Alps (Pohorje), Scandinavian Caledonides and Rhodopes. These will serve as case studies of geodynamic evolution incollisional orogens of different age. Major objectives of the project include phase relations of mineral assemblages and thermodynamic (P-T-X) conditions during subduction and exhumation. A special attention will be paid to identification of ultrahigh- pressure phases to elucidate formation of microdiamonds. There will be a possibility to find new occurrences of UHP rocks.Granitoids of the Western Carpathians will be studied to determine their genesis, age and geotectonic setting with emphasis to solve their geodynamic evolution during Variscan orogeny. Detailed study of accessory minerals (monazite,allanite, rutile, ilmenite, apatite, tourmaline, zircon) will be focused on their stability in magmatic, post-magmatic and metamorphic processes, geochronological dating and reconstruction of the P-T-t paths. The project will be carried out using modern and innovative methods and the outputs from the project may expand knowledge on geodynamic evolution of Earth´s lithosphere in collisional orogenic zones. |
| Integration of latest findings and approaches of gravimetry, geothermics and deep seismics for determining lithospheric structure and tectonics focusing on Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2019 - 31. 12. 2022 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0006/19 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., prof. RNDr. Bielik Miroslav, DrSc., RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, RNDr. Brimich Ladislav, CSc., Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., Mgr. Godová Dominika, Mgr. Kohút Igor, PhD., RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., RNDr. Tomek Čestmír, CSc., RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Ján, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Jozef, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Mgr. Michal Hoffman, externý doktorand |
| Annotation: |
Integration of the most recent knowledge, findings, and interpretation approaches to investigating the geological structure and tectonic processes of the lithosphere of the Western Carpathians by means of gravimetry, geothermics, deep seismics, structural geology and tectonics. To study the lithosphere, existing available geophysical data as well as geological and tectonic models will be reinterpreted utilizing the most recent approaches and modeling tools. New 2D and 3D crustal and upper mantle models shall be created including refined Moho and LAB. Our reinterpretation will lean on most recent findings from geothermic modeling and magnetotelluric exploration achieved over latest years at our institute. The final lithospheric geological-geophysical models will draw from the results of regional geologic and tectonic investigations. The project aims at improving the quality of basic earth science research in Slovakia. We assume also deliverables in terms of exploiting geo-sources and renewable energy. |
| Preservation potential and effects of hypoxic events on benthic communities in the fossil record |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2019 - 31. 12. 2022 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0169/19 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Tomašových Adam, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Golej Marián, PhD., Msc. Müller Tamás, Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Hypoxic events can strongly reduce productivity and nutrient recycling in ecosystems and increase probability of species extinctions. Preservation potential of hypoxic events in the fossil record can be low if there is a relatively long time for ecosystem recovery in the wake of oxygen depletion, if depth of bioturbation is large, and/or if sedimentation rate is very slow. In this project, we will use actualistic and paleoecological methods to determine conditions under which benthic responses to hypoxic events can be preserved in the fossil record. First, we will assess preservation potential of benthic respones to hypoxia in Holocene sediments on continental shelves off southern California and in the Adriatic Sea. Second, we will evaluate temporal and spatial variability in the composition of benthic communities in successions characterized by alternations of normoxic and hypoxic conditions in semi-enclosed basins during the Triassic and Early Jurassic (Alps) and Miocene (Vienna and Korneuburg basins). |
| RADCAMIN - Radon in caves and mines – Portugese and Slovak case studies |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2019 - 31. 12. 2022 |
| Evidence number: |
SK-PT-18-0015 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Ing., RNDr. Smetanová Iveta, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Csicsay Kristián, PhD., Mgr. Vďačný Marek, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
This bilateral mobility project proposes the setup of a new joint team able to exploit the synergy of theSlovak and Portuguese expertise on radon and environmental radioactivity. The project addresses theradioactivity of underground environments, particularly caves and mines, as the radioactivity level in the air and water of these specific environments is very relevant for both geophysical exploration and radioprotection. The project will focus on specific case studies from Slovakia and Portugal, including the Domica cave (Southern Slovakia), the gallery of St. Anthony of Padua (Central Slovakia), and the mine of Urgeiriça (Central Portugal). The parameters driving the variations of radon concentration and gamma radiation in these underground environments will be investigated. In addition to atmospheric radioactivity, measurements of radiation levels in water by autonomous robotic systems, with emphasis on the flooded portions of the caves and mines, will be also exploited. |
| paleokarpaty - Early Alpidic tectonic evolution and palaeogeography of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 8. 2018 - 31. 12. 2022 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-17-0170 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Madzin Jozef, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| Annotation: |
The intended research project addresses still unclear points of the structure and Mesozoic–Paleogene tectonic evolution of the Western Carpathians, which particularly concern: 1) the age and provenance of clastic material of synorogenic flysch formations of the Tatric, Fatric and Klippen Belt units; 2) litho-biostratigraphy of the Triassic carbonate deposits of the Silicic nappes and their emplacement mechanisms; 3) protracting problems in geological structure and tectonic development of the Pieniny Klippen Belt; 4) palaeomagnetic research in the Central Carpathian units aimed at clarification of the palaeogeographic position of the Hronicum and origin of the Carpathian arc; 5) interpretation of geophysical data, mainly gravity fields, for correlation of subsurface units in covered areas. The common goal of these research themes lies in 6) development of an actualized synthetic evolutionary model of the Western Carpathians and preparation of a set of palaeogeographic-palaeotectonic map reconstructions for the Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleocene and Eocene stages. The research methods include the field-based structural analysis and mapping accompanied by sample collection for the analytical lithological-sedimentological, biostratigraphical, geochemical and petrological studies. These works will be performed in unity with the co-operator – the Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Students, particularly PhD students, will also be involved. |
| Project website: |
https://geopaleo.sk/projects/apvv-17-0170/ |
| Recent and historical seismic activity in the Little Carpathians Mts. source zone |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2019 - 31. 12. 2022 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0144/19 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Csicsay Kristián, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Cipciar Andrej, Mgr. Fojtíková Lucia, PhD., Mgr. Chovanová Zuzana, doc. Mgr. Kristek Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Kristeková Miriam, PhD., RNDr. Kysel Róbert, PhD., RNDr. Pažák Peter, PhD., Mgr. Šugár Martin, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The Little Carpathians Mts. source zone belongs to the most seismic active regions on the territory of Slovakia. The goal of submitted project is to better understand the seismic regime of this area. The project is focused on acquiring and analyses of geophysical data, mainly seismic monitoring, reinterpretation of macroseismic data and data on historical earthquakes. One of the main intentions of the project is to refine the existing seismotectonic model of the Little Carpathians Mts. source zone. Data obtained within the frame of proposed project belong to the crucial inputs for seismic hazard assessment. The high importance of this analysis for the investigated region is emphasized by vicinity of the Jaslovské Bohunice nuclear power plant. |
| Composition, sources, transport and paleogeographic conditions of deposition of siliciclastic material in Triassic/Jurassic boundary formation of units of the Tatra Mts |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2019 - 31. 12. 2022 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0090/19 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Vďačný Marek, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica |
| Annotation: |
Significant environmental and evolution events took place during the Triassic/Jurassic boundary. Profile studies of the Triassic/Jurassic boundary formations of the Western Carpathians are therefore of a high importance. In viewpoint of evaluation of paleogeographic, paleoecologic and especially paleoclimatic conditions and their changes during the Triassic/Jurassic boundary, they represent important formations. Therefore, the project aims to solve problems of composition, sources and material transport of the Triassic/Jurassic boundary formations in the Vysoké Tatry Mts, using complex petrographic and geochemical approaches. Moreover, it will clarify the weathering intensity in the source area, paleoclimatic conditions, tectonic mobility, and geodynamic developments and test the validity of existing paleogeographic models. |
| Evaluating preservation potential of benthic responses to hypoxic and anoxic events in the fossil record |
| Duration: |
1. 11. 2018 - 30. 6. 2022 |
| Evidence number: |
17-0555 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Tomašových Adam, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Golej Marián, PhD., Msc. Müller Tamás, Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
Anoxia and hypoxia can severely reduce ecosystem functioning and increase probabilities of species extinction. The effects of oxygen depletion on benthic communities can lead to preservation of laminated strata, small size of macrobenthic organisms, outbreaks of hypoxia-tolerant, opportunistic species, and high concentrations of organic matter. However, the preservability of benthic responses to anoxia or hypoxia in the fossil record will be low if, after the renewal of oxygen concentrations, recovery time for burrowing organisms is relatively long, the depth of bioturbation is relatively large, and/or background sedimentation rates are too slow so that post-event bioturbation will lead to high time averaging, i.e., stratigraphic mixing of hypoxia-tolerant species with hypoxia-sensitive species. The ratio of sedimentation to bioturbation intensity is one of the key variables determining the preservation potential of such events in the fossil record. In this project, we will provide constraints on the range of sedimentary and mixing conditions under which benthic responses to hypoxia or anoxia can be preserved, and thus improve the identifiability of anoxic or hypoxic crises in the fossil record. First, we will evaluate preservation potential of benthic abundance and size patterns responding to oxygen depletion in sediment cores from two continental shelves, including (1) the southern California Shelf and (2) the Adriatic Sea. Second, we will assess patterns in size and abundance of benthic communities in stratigraphic successions characterized by alternations of normoxic, hypoxic, and anoxic conditions in semi-enclosed basins from the Late Triasic, Early Jurassic, and Middle Miocene. We will investigate the scales of time averaging and burial and mixing rates in Holocene sediment cores, and spatial and temporal gradients in size, abundance, and growth rate of benthic groups in habitats with varying organic enrichment and oxygen concentrations in the fossil record. |
| Temporal and spatial changes in the composition of benthic algal-dominated assemblages of the Vienna Basin and Carpathian Foredeep during the Middle Miocene |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2018 - 31. 12. 2021 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0122/18 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Hrabovský Juraj, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Dr. Kyška-Pipík Radovan, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Coralline red algae represent common and often dominant constituents of the modern and fossil benthic communities. Their potential for the reconstructions of environmental and paleoecological changes during the Middle Miocene of the Vienna basin and Carpathian Foredeep remains poorly explored. This research project focuses on 1) taxonomy of corallines from newly sampled samples, unpublished core material, and revision of older thin-section material, 2) analysis of community structure and composition on the basis of species, morphotype abundance and non-algal components on the basis of thin-sections, 3) identification of environmental and temporal variation in their composition. Our goal is to determine changes in the composition of the algal limestones along the latitudinal transect in the Vienna Basin and Carpathian Foredeep during the Middle Miocene on the basis of the actualistic and functional-morphological principles, microfacies, sequence-stratigraphy, biogeographical analyses and geochemical methods. |
| Rock-forming and accessory minerals during retrogression of high-grade metamorphic and metamagmatic rocks from orogenic belts. |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2019 - 31. 12. 2021 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0008/19 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc., RNDr. Kohút Milan, CSc. |
| Annotation: |
Subduction of rocks in orogenic belts followed by exhumation is manifested by re-equilibration of mineral associations first to adapt to ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) conditions of eclogite facies, then to the conditions of lower pressure but high temperature granulite facies. Re-equilibration may almost fully obliterate previous UHP history, however, some accessory minerals and inclusions in garnet still witness previous high pressure. Project is oriented to finding, identification of such minerals, diamonds, fluid inclusions, Ca-rich garnet relics, phengites, (U)HP monazites, which can be chemically dated. We shall study mostly diamond-bearing rokcs from the Caledonides (Sweden, Norway), i.e. the orogenic belt, which has not experienced any subsequent orogeny. On the contrary, Western Carpathians, rocks of the northern Veporic zone, recorded three orogens, Ordovician, Variscan and Alpine (Cretaceous) and represent a challenge – to distinguish these events according to the ages and metamorphic degree. |
| Quaternary climate changes in isotope archives of Slovak caves |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2019 - 31. 12. 2021 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0067/19 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
MSc. Kanagasundaram Ramachandran Dhavamani, MSc., Mgr. Luhová Ľubica, Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., Mgr. Rovňanová Hana, Mgr. Šurka Juraj, M.Sc. Vidhya Marina Marina, M.Sc. , Mgr. Žatková Lucia |
| Mineralogy, petrogenesis and metallogenetic potential of the Pliocene intra-plate magmatism of Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2018 - 31. 12. 2021 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0143/18 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Hurai Vratislav, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica |
| Annotation: |
Alkali basalts of southern Slovakia contain xenoliths of igneous rocks, which do not occur in Inner Western Carpathians. Observed rock types involve mafic gabbroic cumulates, syenites, granites, carbonatites and metasomatic products of their interaction with crust (skarns). Magmatic rocks originated during fractional crystallization of basaltic magma and partial melting of surrounding rocks. The project is targeted to deciphering mineralogical, geochemical, geochronological and petrological characteristics of magmatic rocks, evaluation of their genesis, geotectonic setting, source as well as metallogenetic potential with special emphasis on possible occurrence of critical metals, such as U, Th, Nb, Ta and rare earth elements. Additional goals refer to the interpretation and reconstruction of pre-Tertiary basement in southern Slovakia, as well as minimum age estimates of host pyroclastic maar deposits. |
| Sedimentary paleoenvironments and transport-depositional mechanisms in the Paleogene formations of the Central Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2018 - 31. 12. 2021 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0014/18 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Kotulová Júlia, PhD., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD., Mgr. Šurka Juraj |
| Other cosolvers: |
Fuksi Tomáš, Mgr. PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Paleoenvironmental reconstructions and definition of transport-depositional mechanisms are a key to analyse of sedimentary basins. Implementation of sedimentological, palaeoecological, geochemical and statistical analysis allows to define the fundamental depositional environments, architecture of the sedimentary basin fill, transport-depositional mechanisms as well as genetic facies and their vertical cyclicity within studied Paleogene units in the Central Western Carpathians. Synthesis of data on lateral and vertical development of the paleoenvironments, that is preserved within architectural elements of the basin fill, and transport-depositional specifications will lead to the definition of depositional model of the basin as well as to the clarifying knowledges about autocyclic and alocyclic factors affecting the sedimentation. The acquired knowledge will contribute to the reconstruction of palaeogeography and tectogenesis of the Carpathian Paleogene basins. |
| LITHORES - Geophysical multi.parametric modelling of the Earth´s crust and upper mantle in Slovakia |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2017 - 30. 6. 2021 |
| Evidence number: |
16-0482 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vozár Ján, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., prof. RNDr. Bielik Miroslav, DrSc., RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, RNDr. Brimich Ladislav, CSc., Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., RNDr. Madarás Ján, PhD., Mgr. Madzin Jozef, PhD., RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc., RNDr. Marsenić Alexandra, PhD., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD., Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
In the proposed project we will use multi-parametric joint modelling to obtain information about crustal and upper mantle structures in Slovakia. The primary focus of the project will be on central and eastern Slovakia due to existence of seven measured magnetotelluric (MT) profiles and several seismic sections together with gravimetric data good spatial coverage. In addition to MT, we will use additional geophysical methods (e.g. gravimetric, seismic and geothermal) in joint modelling of old and newly collected data, and regional tectonic information, which will allow interpretation of crustal and also mantle structures. The actual geological methods (geological cross-sections) and data from boreholes will provide information on the structure to depths up to few kilometres. The resulting geophysical-geological models of the selected profiles, complemented by 3D models of selected areas and thermal data will not only provide scientific benefits, but they can also be used in various spheres of economic activity (large constructions, searching for underground water and raw material resources, geothermal energy, etc.). The project’s main objective is the construction of a new comprehensive geophysical model and interpretation of shallow and deep structures of the lithosphere in central and eastern Slovakia. By applying multi-parametric joint inversion scheme (integrated modelling of various measured geophysical data and relevant tectonic models) we will take into account the interdependence and coupling among various geophysical, tectonic and petrological information. The benefits of this modelling consist in possibility to obtain more accurate information on the spatial distribution of geological bodies, tectonic structures and new information about the relationships between the physical parameters of the rocks. Final project outputs will be geophysical and geological multi-dimensional models of the earth\'s crust and mantle of a given territory. |
| Project website: |
http://gpi.savba.sk/GPIweb/Projects/Lithores/index.php/sk/ |
| WECAFARE - Multidisciplinary research of geophysical and structural parameters, and environmental impacts of faults of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2017 - 30. 6. 2021 |
| Evidence number: |
16-0146 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Madarás Ján, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Csicsay Kristián, PhD., Mgr. Fekete Kamil, PhD., Mgr. Fojtíková Lucia, PhD., RNDr. Kysel Róbert, PhD., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., Ing., RNDr. Smetanová Iveta, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Ján, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Jozef, DrSc. |
| Annotation: |
Data concerning faults and their parameters is important information for basic geological research as well as for landscape planning, building activities and assessment of health and natural hazards of geological environment. Ambition of the project is to localize the trace and to identify some spatial, structural, physical, dynamic and age parameters of selected dislocations using combination of multidisciplinary field research methods. Selected faults will be mapped by geophysical field survey methods in combination with bio-detection, detected by radon (Rn) emanations measurements and by means of remote sensing (RS) and digital terrain model (DTM) images, investigated structurally and some of them will be dated. The recent activity of selected fault(s) will be monitored by measurements of seismic events, by analysis of both their focal mechanisms and historical earthquakes and by periodical geodetic measurements based on GNSS technology. First time, for the detection of recent vertical movement along specific fault (the Vikartovce fault in the Tatra region), the very accurate measurements ofgravity values will be applied in the Western Carpathians. Fault structures will also be evaluated in relation to some large crustal discontinuities, whose surficial expressions are brittle faults, and which are reflected in anisothropies of lithospheric geophysical fields (recorded in seismic, gravimetric, geo-electric, magnetic and magnetoteluric sections and maps). Expected results of the project will be the structural schemes of accurate traces of studied discontinuites with their specified parameters (inclination, fault damage zone width and character, permeability for fluids, saturation by water, Rn emanations, kinematics, relation to slopes instabilities, recent activity). Potential impact of fault structures on population health will be investigated by radioactivity measurements at residences situated in touch with detected traces of faults with recorded Rn values. |
| Temporal and spatial variations of radon activity concentration and CO2 in the environment. |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2018 - 31. 12. 2020 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0083/18 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Ing., RNDr. Smetanová Iveta, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
RNDr. Monika Műllerová, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The project addresses the investigation of the drivers influencing of the variation of radon activity concentration and carbon dioxide in specific natural environment (cave, soil air). The temporal variation of radon, which contains periodic and non-periodic signals, spans variation of annual to diurnal scale, similar type of variation is also observed for carbon dioxide. The time series of radon and environmental conditions measured in the cave will be systematically analyzed in the time and frequency domains. On the basis of the experimental data a model of seasonal and short-term variations of radon and CO2 will be proposed and tested. The depth profiles of CO2 and radon concentration will be measured in a soil air. The CO2 flux will be quantified for the different soil types and the methods for CO2 flux determination will be compared. The influence of meteorological parameters on radon and CO2 variations in both types of natural environment will be assessed. |
| Complex model of base and precious metal mineralisation at the Rozália mine in Hodruša - Hámre |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2016 - 31. 12. 2020 |
| Evidence number: |
15-0083 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Lexa Jaroslav, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., doc. RNDr. Jeleň Stanislav, CSc., Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The project deals with the only ore deposit actively mined in Slovakia that is exceptional by richness of ore and its structural position on subhorizontal veins in center of the Štiavnica stratovolcano caldera. Epithermal Pb-Zn- Au-Ag vein deposit at Rozália mine was studied in detail just in its western part, while for its eastern part which is being intensively mined already since 2008, there are missing basic data about structural position, mineralogy and alteration. Genesis of the deposit is neither sufficiently solved. The absence of this information causes problems in exploration for further occurrences of this type of mineralisation in the district and in processing of ore. The creation of a complex model of mineralisation, including 3D modelling of mining works, geology and distribution of useful metals at the deposit in GIS, will significantly contribute to formulation of genetic model and resource assessment and it will result in more effective exploration and mining activities at the deposit. Genetic model of this exceptional deposit will contribute to general understanding of genesis of epithermal systems. |
| Magnetic fabric, sedimentologic and provenance study of clastic formations of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2017 - 31. 12. 2020 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0028/17 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Madzin Jozef, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
prof. RNDr. Aubrecht Roman, PhD., Mgr. Bučová Jana, PhD., RNDr. Madarás Ján, PhD., Mgr. Pramuková Štefánia, Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Mgr. Vďačný Marek, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Jozef, DrSc. |
| Annotation: |
The aim of the project is an integration of magnetic anisotropy (AMS) and facies analysis for determination of the paleotransport of detrital material of clastic formations of the Western Carpathians (WC). The AMS has been often used as a very helpful petrofabric tool. Its versatility can also be employed as an additional tool in paleocurrent analysis mainly in a situation in which sedimentological indicators are rare, badly interpretable or completely missing. Clastic deposits are particularly important for reconstructions of paleotectonic development of ancient sedimentary basins and are quite common features in sedimentary sequences of individual tectonic units of the WC. A combination of paleotransport data, petrographic compositon and heavy mineral analysis of the deposits studied allows us to specify the nature and extent of remote or barely identificable source areas and hence to successfully decipher their paleogeographic arrangement as well as the paleotectonic development of the WC. |
| Meso- and micro-meteorological exploration of the occurrence of hydrometeors in boundary layer of the troposphere based on pasive evaluation of changes of electromagnetic radiation from anthropogenic sources |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2018 - 31. 12. 2020 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0015/18 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Nejedlík Pavol, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, Mgr. Buchholcerová Anna, PhD., prof. RNDr. Podhorský Dušan, DrSc., Ing. Varšová (Bičárová) Svetlana, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Peter Fabo |
| Annotation: |
Intensive concvective phenomena show strong variability in space and time, from tenths to hundreds of meters and from tenths of seconds to minutes. Automatized meteorological networks on the ground are not able to monitor the occurrence and dynamics of these phenomena in sufficient resolution. Atmospheric hydrometeors interfere electromagnetic signal in atmosphere. The magnitude of the interference is relative to the intensity of precipitation. This fact enables us to detect the hydrometeors by monitoring the changes of electromagnetic signal either by active broadcasting of the signal and detecting its part reflected by the hydrometeors or by passive receipt of the signal from different broadcasters. The network of meteorological radars is able to detect mesometeorological phenomena in Slovakia mostly over the level 700-1000 m above ground. The measurement of the hydrometeors, including their dynamics, below this layer by multi-frequency passive radiolocation can bring necessary information in this space. |
| DEPOVYT - Deglaciation and postglacial climatic evolution recorded in the lake deposits of the High Tatra Mountains |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2016 - 30. 6. 2020 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-15-0292 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Dr. Kyška-Pipík Radovan, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Halašiová Nataša, Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., Ing. Paľová Henrieta , Mgr. Rigová Jana, Mgr. Rovňanová Hana, Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Svitáčová Alžbeta, Mgr. Šurka Juraj |
| Other cosolvers: |
Fakulta prírodných vied UMB Banská Bystrica, Ekonomická fakulta UMB Banská Bystrica, Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
The historical and meteorological climate records are too short to appreciate a global average temperature increase since 1990. Therefore it is necessary to search information about environmental changes in the past for reflections on future climate and environmental change and the mechanisms of natural climate variability. One of the most intensively studied geological period in palaeoclimatology is the transition between the last glacial maximum (LGM) and the Holocene when the average annual temperature of the atmosphere increased by 5°C and greatly affected the Earth\'s ecosystems. LGM resulted in the formation of mountain glacier in the High Tatras, which after its maximum extension at around 23 ka retreated and disappeared 8330 BP. Knowledge about the timing of the deglaciation and the subsequent ecological changes remain limited despite 150 years of glaciological research in the High Tatras. The main project aim is study of deglaciation in alpine zone after LGM with respect to topography, altitude and orientation to north-south gradient. It will study a transition from glacial to post-glacial sedimentation and environmental changes in limnic sediments after the glacier retreat. To achieve the research objectives, the selected lakes cover a whole territory of the Slovak part of the High Tatras which has not yet been studied on the proposed scale. Sedimentary infill will be studied by analytical methods that have not yet been used in postglacial research in the Western Carpathians. A unique database of the High Tatras lakes infill will be built. |
| Project website: |
http://www.geo.sav.sk/en/depovyt-apvv-15-0292/ |
| ID-EFFECTS - Identification and characterization of a potencial of site effects using robust numerical modelling of equarthquake ground motion |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2016 - 30. 6. 2020 |
| Evidence number: |
15-0560 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Kristeková Miriam, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Cipciar Andrej, Mgr. Kristeková Miriam, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Peter Moczo,Jozef Kristek,Svetlana Stripajová,Filip Kubina,Filip Michlík |
| Annotation: |
The last two decades tragically and dramatically demonstrated capability of even relatively weak earthquakes to cause human losses and damage. The key reasons for this are buildings which are not designed/reinforced to withstand earthquake ground motion (EGM), increasing vulnerability due to technological complexity of densely populated areas, and anomalous earthquake ground motion due to local surface geological conditions. Seismic wave interference and resonant phenomena in sediment-filled basins and valleys can produce anomalously large EGM and cause the so called “site effects”. Site effects pose a potential threat also for important nuclear and industrial facilities. It is therefore important to identify and characterize a potential of site effects at sites of interest. In the absence of sufficient earthquake recordings one possible approach is to numerically simulate EGM. We assume that a verified and validated computationally efficient numerical method makes it possible to obtain synthetic “data” that could approximately substitute missing measured data for which we would have to wait for a too long time. A systematic investigation of EGM characteristics in a significant/representative set of realistic models of local conditions can lead to identification of key EGM characteristics and key structural parameters responsible for site effects, and consequently to identification and characterization of a potential of site effects in the set of considered local surface conditions. |
| Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of jurassic and lower cretaceous “fleckenmergel” facies in Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2017 - 31. 12. 2019 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0186/17 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Antolíková Silvia, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Golej Marián, PhD., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
Paleontological and paleo ecological research of the facies “fleckenmergel” type in the Western Carpathians has not been well realized. Facies constitute paleo environment of the specific ecosystems in which it is possible on the basis of the fossil record of different groups of organisms (eg. calcareous nannofossíls, fossil tracks, foraminifera and bivalve molluscs) get a lot of information in particular on the age classification of sediments, as these are often heterochronies facies. Facies will be subjected to whole-rock chemical analyses in order to detect and specifying the conditions of formation of the facies “fleckenmergel” type in the Western Carpathians. |
| Geomagnetic field in Slovakia round the 2018.5 epoch |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2017 - 31. 12. 2019 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0002/17 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Valach Fridrich, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Revallo Miloš, PhD., RNDr. Váczyová Magdaléna, PhD., Mgr. Vajkai Melinda |
| Annotation: |
The project consists of both experimental/observational and theoretical parts that focus on two aspects of the geomagnetic field (GMF). The first aspect is the slow secular variations of the GMF with their main sources in the Earth\'s interior. The second one is the fast transient changes, which origate in the near-Earth space environment. The experimental part of the project is based on the observations at the Hurbanovo Observatory of the ESI SAS and on the observations performed in terrain. The project will determine the distribution of the elements of the GMF in Slovakia for epoch 2018.5 as well as the rate of changes of these elements. We will also keep on the continuous monitoring of the GMF in the frame of the INTERMAGNET. A new method for producing K indices will be incorporated into the observation program of the observatory. The project will also contribute to theoretical modelling of intense geomagnetic storms. Here the phenomena that cause these storms will be considered; particularly CMEs and CIRs. |
| Global event stratigraphic correlations and paleoenvironments of the Cretaceous and Paleogene formations of the Western Carpathians: biotic, sedimentary and geochemical proxies |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2019 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0034/16 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Antolíková Silvia, PhD., RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Fekete Kamil, PhD., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., Mgr. Pulišová Zuzana, Mgr. Rigová Jana, Mgr. Rovňanová Hana, Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Šternócky Juraj, Ing. Troppová Danka, Mgr. Vďačný Marek, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
The project is focused on two dissimilar gological periods, in which the fundamental changes of Earth?s global systems took place. These changes disturbed the conditions of thermal stability of the Cretaceous period and culminated by the biotic crisis on K/T boundary (65.5 Ma), which was folloved by perturbations with enormous uprise of temperature (55 Ma), climatic optimum (40 Ma) a finally with the Late Eocene climatic cooling (33.5 Ma). Therefore, the project goals are intended in identification and stratigraphic dating of these global events in sedimentary formations of the Western Carpathians. Their records will be analysed in term of bioproductivity, paleotemperatures and nutrients, oxygen concentration, stress indicators, stable isotopes, volcanic and meteoric products. Such data allow to interpret the events of extinction and phylogenesis of new taxa, climatic conditions, anoxic events, indices of eutrophization, eustatic changes, sedimentary environments, syngenetic volcanisms and impact events. |
| Interaction models of crustal and mantle rocks with fluids in accretionary wedges of the Western Carpathians, eastern Alps and northern Turkey; correlation of P-T-X-t parameters |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2016 - 31. 12. 2019 |
| Evidence number: |
15-0050 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Siman Pavol, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
FPV UMB v Banskej Bystrici, Prof. RNDr. Ján Spišiak, DrSc. |
| Annotation: |
Project deals with fluid-alteration processes in crust-mantle prism rocks exposed in alpidic orogene of the Western Carpathians, eastern Alps and northern Turkey. These processes are related to important magmatic and metamorphic events which we studied in previous projects. Now we are focussing on fluid-rock interaction zones, the genesis of which has not yet been investigated: i) in subduction-accretionary wedges blueschists, eclogites and metaultramafics, ii) in lower crust orthogneisses, granites, metabasites and metaultramafics, iii) in skarns and iv) in lamprophyres and mantle xenoliths. These processes represent a fluid-rock interaction at the different lithosphere levels. The emphasis will be given to the newly-found mineral parageneses and individual phases, which can be basis for an updated petrologic model of crust-mantle interaction. Detailed mineralogical-petrological investigation will be performed on the altered rocks mineral associations, which are the main indicators of the lithosphere fluid regime. Modern microscopic, electron-optic, rtg diffraction and spectroscopic methods will be used for determination of the alteration zones mineral and rock chemical compositions. Thermodynamic modelling and geothermobarometry will be applied for estimation alteration reactions P-T-X conditions. Chosen radiogenic and stable isotopes, and isotopic ages of alteration products will be determined. Potential sources of fluids will be defined accordingly. The lower-temperature alterations will be simulated in an autoclave; for verifying the higher-temperature and higher-pressure alteration conditions an access to special experimental laboratories abroad is required in framework of international co-operation. Model schemes of hydration-alteration processes will be proposed in microscale, with the aim to use them for geodynamic interpretation of an orogene accretionary wedge fluid regime. |
| Solution of actual problems in geophysical and geodetic detection of underground cavities in environmental and archaeological applications |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2019 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0462/16 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Ing. Bednárik Martin, PhD., RNDr. Karcol Roland, PhD., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Pašteka Roman, Putiška René, Kušnirák David, Mojzeš Andrej, Papčo Juraj, Krajňák Martin, Bakoň Matúš, Šimonová Barbara |
| Annotation: |
Detection and monitoring of underground cavities belongs among important environmental risk assessments, on the other hand it is the aim of the research in archaeological and historical scientific studies. Geophysical (microgravimetry, ERT, GPR) and geodetic methods (LiDAR, InSAR, UAV photogrammetry) manifest a useful tool for underground cavities detection and monitoring. Aim of the proposed project is the study of their properties in methodical and also application area. By means of numerical modelling of cavities existence and development in geophysical fields we can obtain valuable information and use them in successful detection and monitoring of them in practice. Planned analysis of studied methods properties in the frame of practical use we would like to realize in localities in selected mining areas - historical and present ones (Horná Nitra and Banská Štiavnica sites) and during historical research of known cultural monuments (church of St. Martin in Bratislava and church of St. Nicholas in Trnava). |
| High-pressure metamorphism in the crystalline complexes of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2019 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0060/16 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Madarás Ján, PhD., RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica, RNDr. Siman Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Eclogite facies rocks are a westige of deep crustal subduction during the orogenic cycle. The aim of a proposed project is study of high-presure, eclogite facies rocks in the crystalline complexes of the Western Carpathians. Identification of eclogite facies mineral assemblages and timing of metamorphism can be achieved using modern mineralogical, petrological and geochronological methods. In addition to the presence of eclogites, it is important to investigate the host rocks of eclogites, such as kyanite-bearing paragneisses and orthogneisses as well as metaultramafic rocks. It seems to be obvious that also these rocks, closely associated with metabasites, underwent high-pressure metamorphism. P-T conditions of metamorphism can be obtained from thermobarometric calculations and phase equilibria modeling. Timing of metamorphism and exhumation can be constrained by geochronological methods using different geochronometers. The reconstruction of metamorphic P-T-t paths followed by eclogite facies rocks can decipher the mode and timing of subduction and exhumation. This can provide a fundamental framework for elucidating the overall geodynamic evolution of the orogenic belt with implications for the geological history of the Western Carpathians. |
| STRATOTYP - Regional stratotypes for genetic, earthtime and paleoenvironmental properties of the Western Carpathian sedimentary basins |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2015 - 30. 6. 2019 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-14-0118 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Antolíková Silvia, PhD., RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Fekete Kamil, PhD., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., Mgr. Pulišová Zuzana, Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD., Mgr. Šurka Juraj, Mgr. Vďačný Marek, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prof. RNDr. |
| Annotation: |
The project is focused to the study of stratotype sections, which provide a high-qaulity geological record for calibration of geological time scale and sedimentary archives of paleoenvironmental changes. The basic research will include the codification of the informal stratigraphic units, redefinition of historical stratotypes, classification of litho-, bio- and geochronological units, regional and interregional correlation of the units, etc. The stratotype study will be followed by multidisciplinary approach and application of the high-resolution methods, which provides the best-class data for time table calibration and identification of paleoenvironmental changes. Selection of stratotype profiles will be oriented to boundary strata, in which is possible to determine the extinction events and morphogenetic changes of the organisms, climatic and ecologic changes of paleoenvironments, sedimentary and hydrographical regimes of the basins, orbital and eustatic changes, depositional changes, paleomagnetic changes, records of impact events and syngenetic volcanisms, etc. This research provides a new informations for international decision of the Slovakian stratotypes and new potential statotypes for the Mesozoic and Cenozoic formations of the Western Carpathians. The project resulted to monographic publication of the Slovakian stratotypes, representing the standarts of time scale and records of paleoenvironmental changes. |
| Tramin - Stability of accessory minerals and the mobility of rare lithophile elements and C in the rocks of collisional orogenic zones: prograde and retrograde transformations |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2015 - 30. 6. 2019 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-14-0278 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Pavel Uher, Martin Ondrejka, Vladimír Bilohuščin |
| Annotation: |
Project will deal with stabilities and transformations of accessory minerals (with emphasis to REE, Nb, Ta, C) from granitic and metamorphic rock in the process of subduction and exhumation. By the identification of primary and secondary phases and by quantification of the transformations (reactions among the phases) it is possible to derive P-T-X parameters of metamorphism and suggest a tectonic interpretation. Complex transformations of the accessories involve also rock-forming minerals which enables the calculation of reactions. In detail there will be studied REE minerals (allanite, monazite, and products of their alterations) along with apatite, Nb-Ta phases, tourmaline, Fe-Ti oxides according to the rock type. The study of monazite (non)stability has direct consequences for the age interpretation of complex grains. A special attention is given to transformation graphite-diamond in ultrahigh-pressure rocks. For successful solving the project goals proper terrains are suggested where, besides polymetamorphic rocks of the Western Carpathians, ultrahigh-pressure rocks of the Pohorje, Caledonides, and Rhodope Mts. are well developed. The project has a character of basic research but some of expected results are applicable to “nuclear ceramics” suggested for as materials for deposits of radioactive waste because knowledge of geochemical mobility during alteration is important for post-depositional risk estimates. |
| Origin of the Evate phosphate deposit, Mozambique |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0118/16 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Hurai Vratislav, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica |
| Other cosolvers: |
Clermont Jean-Louis Paquette, Peter Siegfried, Marek Slobodník |
| Annotation: |
The project is aimed to provide mineralogical, geochemical and genetic characteristics of the Evate deposit inMozambique, which is one of the largest phosphate deposits of Africa, with estimated reserves of 155 millions of metric tons of ore with 9.3 % of P2O5 calculated to the depth of 100 m from the recent surface. The deposit is intended to supply with apatite the fertilizer complex to be built in the nearby coastal district of Nacala-a-Velha. In spite of the prepared exploitation, the mineralogy of the deposit is poorly elucidated and its origin remains controversial. Recent models include metamorphogenic or magmatogenic origins linked with Precambrian alkalic intrusions. Magmatic deposits of similar types (e.g. Kovdor, Kola), however, serve primarily as a source of rare earth elements and rare metals bound in apatite and specific minerals. Detailed mineralogy as well as genetic information have a profound importance for the exploitation, beneficiation strategy and economic assessment of the deposit. |
| Geophysical model of the lithosphere of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0141/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Ing. Bednárik Martin, PhD., RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc., Mgr. Porubčanová Barbora , RNDr. Tomek Čestmír, CSc., RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Bielik Miroslav, Pašteka |
| Annotation: |
Geophysical model of the lithosphere of the Western Carpathians will be based on the results obtained by 2D and 3D interpretation of gravity and thermal field of the Earth. In the frame of interpretation the modern, world-wide accepted, gravimetric and geothermic methods will be applied. These methods will also use the newest results of the other geophysical fields (mainly seismic), geology and geodesy. The resultant 2D and 3D lithospheric models will represent the utilization of all knowledge on the deep-seated structure of the Western Carpathian lithosphere on the basis of own interpretation of gravity and thermal field. Based on these models a new geophysical model of the lithosphere of the Western Carpathians will be constructed, which will extend our present knowledge on the recent structure, composition and tectonics of the lithosphere in the Western Carpathians. The model will be also a basis for tectonic reconstruction of the space distribution of the tectonic elements of the Western Carpathians. |
| Geochemistry and geochronology of the dyke rocks from the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0650/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Siman Pavol, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Project is focused at geochemistry and age relations of the Pre-Alpine dike igneous rocks in the WesternCarpathians. Origin, time and spatial relations of the dike igneous rocks are going to be solved, based on thegeochemical characteristics. Studied rock types will be felsic granitic porphyries, intermediate to basic rocks(kersantitesand spessartites). The main goal of study of these rocks is their age and genetic relations to host rock(crystalline complexes – granites mainly). The last studied rock types are alkaline lamprophyres. Again, their age and genetic relations to their host rock will be defined in the different tectonic units. The modern laboratory methods will be used for interpretations (Rb, Sr, Sm, Nd isotopes) and Ar/Ar to U/Th/Pb dating of apatite, monazite.These data will be obtained by cooperation with foreign institutions (Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Trinity College Dublin, Kyoto University, Okayama University of Science, University Lund). |
| Implementation of recent innovations in potential fields interpretation methodology |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0042/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., prof. RNDr. Bielik Miroslav, DrSc., RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, RNDr. Brimich Ladislav, CSc., Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., RNDr. Karcol Roland, PhD., Mgr. Kohút Igor, PhD., Mgr. Kubová Anna, RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., Pohánka Vladimír, Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Implementation of the recent innovations from the theoretical and numerical developments in the potential fields inversion methodology for investigating the structure and properties of the earth lithosphere and asthenosphere, as well as for societal benefits. The application of innovated interpretational procedures based on software packages CAGES, LitMod3D and Inversion3D. The utilization of inversion methodology based on a combination of several optional interpretational steps: removal of model regional trend, stripping, depth-wise separation of signal of sources by means of a triple harmonic continuation of the observed surface data, identification of multiple sources with the help of nonlinear optimization by line segments, determination of positions andgeometry of multiple sources given as star-convex homogenous bodies and/or 3D contrast contact/interface surfaces by means of nonlinear inversion based on the so called local corrections. The application of innovations of geothermal modelling. |
| Convective dynamics of phase transition in the Earth\'s core |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0115/16 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. Mgr. Guba Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Revallo Miloš, PhD., Mgr. Valach Fridrich, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Ševčík Sebastián, Brestenský Jozef |
| Annotation: |
The project is focused on the theoretical study of convective dynamics of phase transition of multicomponent mixtures with application to the phase boundary between the inner and outer core of the Earth. A problem of nonlinear convective dynamics of a ternary dendritic zone, incorporating the interaction between the fluid flow and structure of the solid phase and the dynamic effects of material diffusion, will be analyzed. Theoretical predictions of the model will be compared and contrasted with the observed existence of chemically distinct layers within the Earth\'s inner core with discontinuities at radii 870 km and 1050 km. |
| Crustal tectonic structures in Eastern Slovakia – interepretation based on magnetotelluric and others geophysical data |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0091/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., Mgr. Bučová Jana, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Interpretation of the crustal structure of the Western Carpathians in Eastern Slovakia using the combined modeling of geophysical and tectonic data. The project is continuation of crustal structure interpretation in the western part of Slovakia in previous stage of investigation. New modeling of magnetotelluric (MT) data measured in several profiles in the eastern part of Slovakia. Use of gravimetric, magnetic and seismic data for integrated geophysical modeling. Interpretation of deep structure based on the General geological map of the Slovak Republic, scale 1: 200 000. Identification of major tectonic fault zones and areas with anomalous manifestations of the geophysical field. Geological interpretation of the geophysical anomalies. |
| Mesozoic changes of climate, sedimentation, palaeooceanologic proxies, environments and communities of marine organisms |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0057/16 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Fekete Kamil, PhD., Mgr. Golej Marián, PhD., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica, doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD., Mgr. Zrubáková Zuzana |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
The project deals with the interpretation of complex geological record of significant changes in the Mesozoicevolution of the Western Carpathians in terms of paleoclimate, paleooceanology, paleogeography andpalaeoecology aspects. Detailed sedimentary research includes cyclostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy,microfacies, geochemistry and magnetostratigraphical analysis and study of communities of marine organisms.Attention is paid mainly on quantitative and qualitative analysis of planktonic microfossils in particularcommunities and on residual organic matter. The object of the study will be applied on coherent profiles throughsections with prominent lithological breaks indicating periods of turnovers between different environmentalregimes in sedimentary basins. To determine the age and spatial dependence of marker horizons,biostratigraphical analysis and astrochronological correlation of sedimentary cycles will be also used. |
| Mineralogy and genesis of economically important types of gold mineralization in the Central Slovakia Volcanic Field |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0560/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Lexa Jaroslav, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
This project deals with characterisation of two most important types of precious metal mineralisation in Slovakia that have a real economic importance. Completion of their current level of knowledge in terms of mineralogy and genesis can significantly help in exploration and mining of these ores. Epithermal vein Au-Ag deposit Rozália mine was studied in detail in its western part, while for its eastern part that is intensively mined since 2008, mineralogical data are missing and its genesis is not satisfactorily clear. The absence of this information causes problems with processing of ores and prospecting for this type of ore in this district. Porphyry gold mineralisation is a new type of Au ore in Western Carpathians that proved to be a very specific type of deposit even in world comparison. The study of this mineralisation has a potential to significantly improve the knowledge of these rare magmatic-hydrothermal systems, which can help to make their exploration more effective also elsewhere in the world. |
| CRITHON3D - Multi-dimensional integrated geophysical-petrological modelling of the crust, and uppermost mantle for central Europe region by structural joint inversion |
| Duration: |
1. 3. 2016 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
SASPRO 1497/03/01/ CRITHON3D |
| Program: |
SASPRO |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vozár Ján, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD., RNDr. Vozár Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Geophysical research, particularly using geoelectrical methods, significantly contributes to understanding and exploring processes related to strategic energy and mineral resources. The combination of different geophysical methods in a single inversion scheme reduces the non-uniqueness of inversion problems and the resulting models. Integrated geophysical and petrological modelling, together with inverse problems, represents some of the most interesting research topics for geophysical studies. In this project a petrologically driven approach with LitMod3D package, which models geophysical observables, constrained by topographic height and heat flow, will be extended by structurally coupled crustal model created by 3D joint inversion framework code for gravity, seismic and magnetotelluric data with the new name LitMod3Dic. The original LitMod package derives realistic temperature and pressure distributions within the upper mantle and characterizes mineral assemblages of given bulk chemical compositions as well as water content, which will allow us to define a bulk geophysical model of the upper mantle to derive corresponding predicted geophysical observables. The implementation of crustal inversion scheme will be done in two steps: a) the MT inversion code with geoelectrical crustal model will be included, because the MT 3D inversion code is most time consuming for numerical calculation and the necessary modifications of the MT inversion code will be essential; b) the 3D joint inversion framework approach will be included to add coupled crustal density and seismic velocities models. The final modified code LitMod3Dic will be used to undertake a multi-dimensional, petrologically-driven approach of combining MT, gravity and seismic data in inversion modelling of the upper-most mantle in the Carpatho-Pannonian region, followed by studies which will focus on the mapping of Neo-vulcanites and sub-basaltic crustal structures and thermal parameters in eastern and central Slovakia. |
| Seismic regime in the Malé Karpaty focal zone |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0188/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Fojtíková Lucia, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Cipciar Andrej, Mgr. Csicsay Kristián, PhD., Mgr. Fojtíková Lucia, PhD., Mgr. Chovanová Zuzana, doc. Mgr. Kristek Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Kristeková Miriam, PhD., RNDr. Kysel Róbert, PhD., prof. RNDr. Moczo Peter, DrSc. |
| Annotation: |
The tectonic situation in the Malé Karpaty (Little Carpathians Mts.) area is complex and this source zone belongs to the most active parts of the Slovak territory. The main purpose of this project is an improvement of the knowledge of seismic regime of investigated area. Data obtained within the project are very important for seismic hazard studies and necessity of the complex seismic hazard evaluation of this area is increased by presence of close nuclear power plant Jaslovské Bohunice. To achieve the main goal of the project we plan to increase the precision of earthquake hypocenter location by using double difference HypoDD method, to improve focal mechanism solutions of local events (for new events and those already analyzed). We plan to use micro-arrays measurements for monitoring and locating weak events and identification of active faults and to use seismic noise measurements for improvement of knowledge of a seismic model in the area. |
| Stability and retrograde alterations of accessory minerals from the rocks of collisional orogenic zones |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0067/16 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc., RNDr. Madarás Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The geological evolution of orogenic zones (in polymetamorphic terrains as in Western Carpathians) involves burial, metamorphism, magmatism, post-magmatic transformations, retrogression and subsequent metamorphism. Rocks adapt (re-equilibrate) to new conditions via reactions among their minerals. Here, accessory minerals (monazite, allanite, ilmenite, apatite, magnetite, ilmenite, rutile, kyanite, graphite, diamond) are very informative when reacting with rock-forming minerals (garnet, biotite, plagioclase, muscovite) by changing composition, or formation of new assemblages. The transformations of accessories (in addition to rock-forming) are extremely useful for derivation of pressure, temperature and fluid compositions using equilibrium reactions among them. Because theretrogression of UHP rocks is almost inevitable, often only the accessory minerals maintain information on peak conditions. The essence of the project is the study of transformations of these minerals and their use for geodynamic interpretations |
| Tracing changes in seawater temperature during the end-Triassic mass extinction and during the Early Jurassic in the western Tethys (Western Carpathians and Eastern Alps) |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0136/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Tomašových Adam, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Fuksi Tomáš, Mgr. Golej Marián, PhD., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
Distribution, diversification, and extinction of marine organisms is fundamentally determined by factors that directly or indirectly affect their physiological processes. Presently, it is hypothesized that significant changes in temperature and seawater chemistry and changes in water-mass stratification triggered the end-Triassic mass extinction of marine invertebrates. Empirical testing of such hypotheses, however, requires generation of temporally- and spatially-explicit databases with paleotemperature estimates derived from geochemical and paleoecological proxies. Our goal is to determine temperature means, minima, and maxima, and onshore-offshore gradients in temperature during the Rhaetian and Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Pleinsbachian) in the NW Tethys (Western Carpathians and Eastern Alps) on the basis of brachiopods, bivalves, and foraminifers, using paleoecological analyses, stable isotopes, and Mg/Ca ratio, and to assess extinction selectivity in respect to population abundance and body size. |
| A 250 year history of human impacts on a landscape of the Banská Štiavnica mining territory: palaeolimnological reconstruction using biotic and abiotic indicators from lake sediments |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0664/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Dr. Kyška-Pipík Radovan, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Illýová Marta, PhD., RNDr. Šporka Ferdinand, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Ing. Ladislav Hamerlík, Dr. Katarína Trnková |
| Annotation: |
The Banská Štiavnica region belonged to the most important mining regions in Europe since the Middle Ages.Due to mining, the economic development of this area has increased, on the other hand, mining has left a legacy of residues and waste from ore processing. Many of these structures, e.g. reservoirs, have become a part of thelandscape and, interestingly, made it even more attractive. That is likely the reason why impact of the miningactivities has yet been evaluated as a geomorphological factor rather than an environmental issue.In contrast to previous studies focusing on the current landscape and ecosystems, the proposed project will studythe extent and intensity of human impacts for the last ~250 years using multi-proxy approach. Except forevaluating environmental contamination by mining waste and its potential risk to organisms and humans,theproject represents a unique opportunity to observe the dynamics and timing of processes leading to the current status of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. |
| Atmospheric processes and tropospheric ozone in the mountain environment |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2014 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
VEGA 2/0053/14 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Ing. Varšová (Bičárová) Svetlana, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, Bohuš Ivan, Mgr. Buchholcerová Anna, PhD., RNDr. Nejedlík Pavol, CSc., prof. RNDr. Podhorský Dušan, DrSc., Radimáková Alžbeta, Ing. Varšová (Bičárová) Svetlana, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Janík Rastislav, |
| Annotation: |
Complex terrain of the High Tatra Mts is characterised by variable meteorological and climatic conditions. Driving forces of atmospheric processes in system atmosphere-soil-vegetation are solar radiation and energy balance of earth surface. Serious problem of mountainous regions is long-range transport of secondary air pollution, especially dry deposition of ground-level ozone (O3) and wet depositon of acidifying components (S, N, H+). Recent research of O3 impact on forests requires detailed information about the physical and chemical processes associated with O3 formation (photochemical potential of UV radiation) and transport of O3 from the atmosphere to the earth surface (dry deposition). The aim of this project is to study the variability of solar and UV photochemically active radiation; to evaluate the extent of acidification or eutrophication of forest soils and toestimate the phytotoxic O3 potential for typical forest species in the High Tatras region. |
| Flow deposition of acidifying components and ozone in the selected submontain and mountain areas of Slovakia |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2014 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
VEGA 2/0089/14 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Ing. Varšová (Bičárová) Svetlana, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, prof. Ing. Bublinec Eduard, CSc., Ing. Kellerová Daniela, PhD., Ing. Varšová (Bičárová) Svetlana, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Research will be focused on temporal and spatial trends of the main components of acidification in forest soils. The response of herbal synusia to changed eco-edaphic conditions will be investigated in selected forest sites in the central Slovakia (Kremnické vrchy Mts. and Štiavnické vrchy Mts.). Furthermore, monitoring of ground-level ozone and model estimation of O3 deposition flows will be done in the High Tatra Mts. |
| Integrated sedimentological study of the Paleogene formations of the Central Western Carpathians: a reconstruction of the depositional paleoenvironments in relation to tectogenetic processes, subsidence history of the basin and changing climate regimes |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0017/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Fekete Kamil, PhD., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD., Mgr. Šurka Juraj |
| Annotation: |
The goal of proposed project is the implementation of integrated sedimentological research of the Paleogene Fm. of the Central Western Carpathians. Sedimentary formations of the Subtatric Group originated in differentdepositional palaeoenvironments evolving during sequence-stratigraphic evolution of the basin and their nature was in direct relation to the changing climate, tectogene processes and subsidence history of the basin. Implementation of detailed facies analysis inclusive sedimentology, petrography and palaeontology research allow to define main depositional palaeoenvironments, their lateral and vertical development as well as their genetic relations. The results will contribute to the interpretation of the basin fill architecture and itspalaeoenviromental developments in relation to changing system tract during sequence - stratigraphic evolution of the basin. The acquired knowledge will have a wider use in the reconstruction of paleogeography and tectogenesis of the Carpathian Paleogene basins. |
| Multiproxy analysis of limnic profundal deposits: cyclicity and variability of the environment in Late Miocene of the Central Paratethys |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0056/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Dr. Kyška-Pipík Radovan, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Kovacs Erika, Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Mgr. Sýkorová Martina |
| Other cosolvers: |
Mgr. Seko Michal |
| Annotation: |
The Miocene subtropical climate in the Central Paratethys culminated in the Middle Miocene climatic optimum (MMCO), followed by periods of warming and cooling (from MMCO to 8.5 Ma.) showing a gradual cooling trend. Factors of climate change could be the paleogeographic changes as well cyclicity of solar activity. Freshwater, profundal limnic sediments of the Turiec Basin with rich fossil microflora and microfauna deposited in the period from 8.0 to 6.0 Ma are an opportunity to obtain data on cyclicity and variability of the environment in that period. To achieve the objectives, a multi-proxy approach will be applied on profundal deposits. Heavy metal concentrations, natural gamma-radiation of the deposits, paleobiological and geochemical analyzes will be used as proxy data. The magnetostratigraphic data will permit a correlation with international stratigraphic scale and they allow calculating a model on a sedimentation rate, analysis of time series and detection of changes in variability and cyclicity. |
| Numerical solution of the kinematic problem for geomagnetic secular variations |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0067/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Marsenić Alexandra, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Marsenić Alexandra, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Hydromagnetic processes taking place in Earth\'s liquid core act as a source of geomagnetic secular variations. The key region, where the field is advected by large-scale flows and modified otherwise is the one beneath the surface of the core. Core dynamics is manifested by changes of intensity and position of the magnetic field\'s characteristics measured on the Earth\'s surface. One of its signs is westward drift of the non-dipole part of the geomagnetic field which directly shows advection of the field by flows in the core. Reversed flux patches identified at the core-mantle boundary are part of it. On the Earth\'s surface they appear as anomalous regions of low intensity. Analytic kinematic study of verical geomagnetic variation [10] explains them as a consequence of cooperation of 3-dimensional convection in the diffusionless main volume and resistive effects in the hydromagnetic boundary layer at the mantle. Numerical solution of the problem may help to better understand the complex dynamics of the core.[10] Marsenić, A., A kinematic model of vertical geomagnetic field variation resulting from a steady convective flow. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics, DOI: 10.1080/03091929.2013.840723. |
| Comparison of country remediation possibilities in surrounding of selected European Cu-deposits |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0538/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
doc. RNDr. Jeleň Stanislav, CSc., Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Turisová Ingrid RNDr. PhD.,Melichová Zuzana RNDr. PhD, Hroncová Emília Ing. PhD., Ladomerský Juraj prof. Mgr. CSc., Nagyová Iveta Ing. PhD., Dubiel Ján Ing., |
| Annotation: |
Previous results of the mineralogical, pedological, hydrological, hydrogeological and geochemical investigation enabled objective imagine about the spatial distribution of heavy metals, about the kinetics and direction of their migration shown also by GIS instruments. The optimal solutions of balanced remediation of investigated mining territory, mainly of water (installation of new geochemical barriers at Špania Dolina and testing of already existing geochemical barriers at Ľubietová) and selection of plants suitable for fytoremediation of contaminated country will be presented as a result of the interdisciplinary reseach. The recommended remediation will be realised with respect to the features of mining territory in such a way to consider the environmental, mining-historical and economic aspects. For a consideration of the results will be compared the situation at Ľubietová and Špania Dolina deposits with Cu-deposits from Italy and Portugal. 1 – 2 PhD-students will be affiliated to the research-team. |
| Project website: |
http://evega.minedu.sk/e-vega/(S(2pmxu3axexycdl55e3ppay45))/users/Projekt_MS_0002.aspx |
| Statistical analysis of long-term radon time series from Slovakia |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0083/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Ing., RNDr. Smetanová Iveta, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Ing., RNDr. Smetanová Iveta, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Monika Műllerová |
| Annotation: |
The project addresses the unsolved issue of the drivers of the variation of radon. High resolution monitoring of 222Rn activity concentration performed in different natural subsurface environments (boreholes, gallery, caves) in Slovakia yielded long time series. The temporal variation of radon, which contains periodic and non-periodic signals, spans variation of annual to diurnal scale. Time series of radon and environmental conditions will be systematically analyzed in the time and frequency domains. The derived statistical characteristics of the radon variation will be evaluated against those of the associated environmental parameters, to assess the eventual influence of the latter on radon in the gas phase. In addition, the characteristics of the radon time series will be evaluated in the light of recent conjectures attributing the influence of a component of solar irradiation on the periodic radon signals. The outcome of the investigation pertains also to the issue of the radon hazard to a human being. |
| Timing, extent and depth of Late Pleistocene epizodic thawing of permafrost inferred from cave paleoclimatic records of Slovakia. |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0193/15 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Luhová Ľubica, Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., Mgr. Rovňanová Hana, Mgr. Šurka Juraj |
| Annotation: |
Paleoclimate studies based on high-resolution geochemical records (deep sea and ice cores, corals, speleothems) are increasingly important in present days of rapid climate change. In recent years the novel paleoclimatic indicator was discovered – the cryogenic cave carbonate. Its use is however not straightforward and demands deep understanding of its formation – thus it is not implemented as systematically as other archives. Nevertheless, an extra benefit is its ability to record thaw of permafrost and even its depth. This strongly favours the CCC to be subject of global climate studies, as the clathrate breakdown and methane escape from thawing permafrost is nowadays considered as an important trigger of global warmings. Aim of the project is thorough understanding of mechanisms and timing of cave glaciations relative to global climate oscillations, with endeavour to turn CCC to a robust tool for mapping extent and thickness of permafrost in different periods of the Weichselian glacial. |
| Evolúcia článkon - Evolutionary patterns as indicated by panarthropods |
| Duration: |
1. 10. 2013 - 30. 9. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-0436-12 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Vršanský Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Barna Peter, Ing. Oružinský Róbert |
| Other cosolvers: |
Dr. Peter Degma, Dr. Peter Vďačný, Dr. Matúš Kúdela, Dr. Matúš Hyžný |
| Annotation: |
Arthropodsm comprising insects, spiders and crustaceans represent the most diverse group of marine and terrestrial organisms (related tardigradans are the sole organisms to persists the open space). They represent the base for virtually all ecosystems from the Paleozoic, with significant partition in the fossil record (not limited to trilobites). In addition to the unique quantity, important is the quality of preservation ofthe comprising microstructures in diverse ambers. Thus they are ideal group for analysis of evolutionary patterns, whcih substantiate the phylogenetical processes (the exact pathways are largely unexplored). Project covers the wide range of arthropods (in Slovakia we have materials from worldwide deposits including dinosaur-aged ambers – we cooperate with organisations from over 50 countries) with stress on the most abundant groups with rich fossil record. This allows comparison of diverse nalyses (molecular, morphological, paleontological) and also topologies of phylogenetic trees across the group (trichotomies, long branches, paralellisms, ghost ranges, diversification tempo). Project also covers descriptions of new fossil and living arthropods from our country. The knowledge will be disseminated also through winners of student competitions folowing previous projects for UNESCO and Ministry of Environment. |
| Perlit - Perlite genesis and inovative approaches to its exploitation and processing |
| Duration: |
1. 10. 2013 - 30. 9. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-0339-12 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Lexa Jaroslav, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Gregorová Katarína |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
The submitted project is original and innovative in its aim to connect information about genesis with quantitative and technological parameters of a mineral deposit, with usage of GIS environment. Aims of the project correspond to the current initiative of the EU “Resource efficient Europe”. Perlite is volcanic glass and represents an important environmental raw material. Lehôtka pod Brehmi deposit has been exploited for a long time and Jastrabá deposit just starts to be mined. Both deposits belong to the company LB Minerals, Inc., that will act as a project outcomes customer and will actively participate at the project. Based on paleovolcanic reconstruction and laboratory research we will create a 3D model of qualitative parameters of Lehôtka pod Brehmi deposit and with a lower level of precision also of Jastrabá deposit. The project will also deal with the issue of conditions of rhyolite glass hydration and dynamics of perlite dehydration. Innovative procedures of quick perlite quality determination during operation conditions will be also studied. Simultaneously, the way of waste (perlite fine fraction) elimination will be examined. The possibility of the waste application as a starting material for synthesis of zeolites and as pozzolana admixture in cement will be verified. The 3D model and accompanying activities will allow to the producer to prepare final product according to the market demands and to make the exploitation and processing of perlite more effective. |
| SVARGA - Signatures of the solar activity in the time-spatial variations of the geomagnetic field |
| Duration: |
1. 10. 2013 - 30. 9. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-0662-12 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Valach Fridrich, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Marsenić Alexandra, PhD., Mgr. Revallo Miloš, PhD., RNDr. Šoltis Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Váczyová Magdaléna, PhD., Mgr. Valach Fridrich, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The project focuses on research and analysis of complicated causal chain the Sun-Earth, which includes manifestations of solar activity linked to the characteristics of the solar wind and the censequent impact on the Earth\'s magnetic field. The project will bring benefits in development of prediction methods for the state of geomagnetic activity using the information on solar activity, satellite measurements, as well as data from ground-based observatories (Geomagnetic Observatory of GI SAS Hurbanovo, Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory of FMPI CU Modra-Piesok). The subject is closely linked with the issue of space weather, which is now the conventional concept for the near-Earth space phenomena, in conjunction with coronal mass ejections (CME) and solar energetic particles (SEP). The principal task of the project will be the space weather forecasting and the identification of dominant geoeffective processes in the 24th solar cycle, particularly using methods of artificial neural networks. The studied manifestations of the geomagnetic activity will be taken into consideration in processing of the magnetic repeat stations measurements. In addition to these objectives, the project has ambitions to enhance the knowledge in other partial problems concerning the contemporary solar cycle; such as measuring and evaluating of the parameters of Schumann resonances and studying processes of cosmic magnetic field reconnection. |
| TRANSFER - Tectonic and sedimentary mass transfer within the prograding Western Carpathian orogenic wedge |
| Duration: |
1. 10. 2013 - 30. 9. 2017 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-0212-12 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Bučová Jana, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., Mgr. Bučová Jana, PhD., Mgr. Madzin Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The research project addresses unclear points of the structure and Mesozoic-Paleogene tectonic evolution of the Western Carpathians, which are concentrated around two narrow zones with intricate structure regarded as oceanic sutures - the Neotethyan suture between the Internal and Central, and the Pennine one between the Central and External Carpathians. The partial research topics that concern the Neotethyan (Meliata) suture are focused on structural character of the Meliatic and Turnaic units, origin of the ophiolite and carbonate material in Jurassic tectonosedimentary breccias, as well as palaeogeographic setting, mechanisms and time of emplacement of the Hronic and Silicic nappes. In areas around the Klippen Belt, we shall try to clarify sources of exotic conglomerates, position of the Senonian - Lower Eocene deposits in the Periklippen Zone and origin of the Belice Unit in the Považský Inovec Mts. Elucidation of these long-term problematic aspects is essential for development of a new synthetic evolutionary model of the Western Carpathians, which is the ultimate project goal. The research methods are focused on the field-based structural analysis, mapping and sample collection for analytical lithologic-sedimentologic, biostratigraphic, geochemical, geochronological and petrological investigations. New palaeomagnetic investigations will be performed in cooperation with the Earth Sciences Institute of the SAS. Students, particularly PhD students, will be broadly involved. |
| Biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Lower to Middle Jurrasic sequences of the selected localities of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2014 - 31. 12. 2016 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0094/14 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Antolíková Silvia, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Golej Marián, PhD., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Štefan Józsa |
| Annotation: |
Detailed paleontological and palaeoecological research was not performed in the Lower Jurrasic sediments of the Western Carpathians. Detailed paleontological and stratigraphical evaluation were perfomed on the basis on Ammonites, (Mišík 1964, Rakús 1964; Schlögl et al. 2004 and citations therein) which are the main index fossils for the Jurrasic. Therefore the study of Lower and Middle Jurrasic sediments on the basis calcareous nannofossils, foraminifers, trace fossilss and bivalves will bring significant knowledge from the biostratigraphic, palaeoecology and climatic changes in the sedimentary area.The aim of this work is the determination of significant Lower and Middle Jurrasic events, such as Plensbachian ant Toarcian „greenhouse effect“, Toarcian mass extinction, define the Pliensbachian/Toarcian boundary and Toarcian/Aalenian boundary, on the basis of mentioned fossil groups. |
| Transient and secular variations of the geomagnetic field on the territory of Slovakia |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2014 - 31. 12. 2016 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0030/14 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Valach Fridrich, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Revallo Miloš, PhD., RNDr. Váczyová Magdaléna, PhD., Mgr. Vajkai Melinda, Mgr. Valach Fridrich, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The project deals with the observations of the geomagnetic field (GMF) performed at various time scales by the Hurbanovo Geomagnetic Observatory of GPI SAS (GO HRB) as well as with the theoretical modelling of the observed phenomena. The GMF observations at the magnetic repeat stations is a part of the project. They will be attached to the joint European mapping of the GMF distribution. Besides the continuous monitoring of the GMF, which contributes to the INTERMAGNET database; the observation programme of the GO HRB also involves the regular evaluations of the geomagnetic activity (GA). We will test a modified procedure for the determination of the activity index K. We will contribute to the improvement of the models of the GA. For this purpose modern computer methods, such as artificial neural networks, will be applied. The input parameters of the models will consist of information about the solar activity, the satellite observations of solar disc and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). |
| LITOS - (Ultra)high pressure metamorphism and phase transformations during subduction and exhumation of continental lithosphere in collisional orogenic zones |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2012 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-0080-11 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., Mgr. Čík Štefan, doc. RNDr. Hurai Vratislav, DrSc., Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Siman Pavol, PhD., Mgr. Straka Adam, Mgr. Vojtko Peter |
| Annotation: |
The project deals with the phase transformations of high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure rocks during subduction and exhumation of continental lithosphere. Investigated rocks are mantle-derived garnet peridotites and eclogites, and their host crustal rocks (gneiss, migmatite, marble). The working areas are the Austroalpine units of the Eastern Alps (Pohorje, Slovenia), Scandinavian Caledonides (Tromsø and Seve nappes, northern Norway, Sweden), Rhodope Metamorphic Province (southern Bulgaria, northern Greece) and crystalline complexes of the Western Carpathians. These will serve as case studies of the tectonometamorphic evolution in the collisional orogens of different age. Major objectives of the project include: (1) Identification of mineral assemblages and fluids stable during distinct stage of metamorphic evolution, especially at (ultra) high pressure, quantify their chemical composition. (2) Determination of the thermodaynamic (P-T-x) parameters based on geothermobarometric calculations and phase equilibrium modeling. (3) Timing of the tectonometamorphic processes constrained by geochronological data, reconstruction of the P-T-t evolution and geodynamic interpretation. The outputs from the project may expand knowledge on UHP metamorphism and crust-mantle relationships in the continental subduction zones. |
| Paleoenvironmental record of global system instability in the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene Formations of the Western Carpathians: changes of the physical and life conditions in time of biotic crisis, climatic extremes, impacts and syngenetic volcanisms. |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0042/12 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Antolíková Silvia, PhD., RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Ledvák Peter, PhD., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Mgr. Šurka Juraj, Ing. Troppová Danka |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prof. RNDr. |
| Annotation: |
The project is focused on the time of distinct perturbations of the Earth\'s global systems during the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene. Therefore, its research purpose consists in identification of records of extreme climatic and paleoenvironmental conditions from sedimentary formations of the Western Carpathians, which could correspond to global events of oceanic anoxia, biotic crisis at the K/T boundary, hyperthermal conditions at the end of the Paleocene (55 Ma), climatic deterioration up to onset of more expressive cooling at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary (TEE – 33.7 Ma), synsedimentary volcanic activity and extraterrestrial impact, etc. The research will be realized by multidisciplinary approach and application of high-resolution methods, which provide a highest quality of the data for time control, identification and characterization of the stress condition of paleoenvironments. The research practice implies methods of micropaleontology, stratigraphy, biochronology, sedimentology, isotope geochemistry, clay mineral and heavy study, geochronological dating, etc. |
| Optical characterization of non-spherical atmospheric particles and retrieval of their microphysical properties |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0002/12 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Kohút Igor, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Ing. Bednárik Martin, PhD., Mgr. Kohút Igor, PhD., RNDr. Kómar Ladislav, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The project will focus on theoretical, numerical, and experimental aspects of the light scattering by irregularly shaped particles, with aim to retrieve the microphysical characteristics of the complex aerosol systems. The irregularity of dust-like aerosols makes the application of any conventional electromagnetic tool impossible or at any rate unattractive, so more complex solution techniques will be employed. The characteristics of scattered light in the atmosphere will be measured by solar and sky photometers. The attention will be paid to i) characterization of the atmospheric particles as complete as possible, ii) development of computational tools for solving the inverse problems of atmospheric optics, iii) tests on the applicability of aerosol models under realistic conditions. It is expected that incorporation of our results into optical models will contribute to characterization of aerosol particles and modeling their optical behavior in the atmosphere. |
| Comparison of paleoclimate and paleoceanography of the West Carpathian area at the beginning of Jurassic and Cretaceous periods |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0065/12 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica, doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD., Mgr. Zrubáková Zuzana |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK |
| MygdonEMotion - Forward Modeling and Waveform Inversion Applied to Earthquake Ground Motion in the Mygdonian Basin, Greece |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2012 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-0271-11 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Kristeková Miriam, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Cipciar Andrej, Mgr. Kristeková Miriam, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Recent earthquake-ground-motion blind prediction tests as well as projects focused on numerical prediction of earthquake motion clearly showed that further development and verification of the available numerical methods and computer codes is necessary. More importantly we are still far from the capability of reaching satisfactory level of agreement between numerically simulated seismograms and earthquake recordings – especially in local surface structures with a potential of causing anomalous ground motion at frequencies important for earthquake engineering. The important question is whether the improvement and verification of the forward numerical-modeling methods itself will enable us to reach the satisfactory level of agreement. The carefully prepared international blind prediction tests indirectly suggest that this will not be enough. No matter how careful was the dedicated determination of a structural model for the test, the uncertainty of the model most probably very much contributed to the misfit between synthetics and recordings. The basic idea of our project is to apply a comprehensive approach – to combine properly verified forward modeling with the adjoint waveform inversion to refine structural model. We have our finite-difference method and computer code as well as a preliminary experience with forward modeling of earthquake motion in the Mygdonian basin, Greece, one of the best available natural laboratories for analysis and prediction of earthquake motion. |
| Stable and radiogenic isotopes in minerals of basalt maars of southern Slovakia – implications for age of volcanism and origin of exotix xenoliths |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2013 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0069/13 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Hurai Vratislav, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., RNDr. Siman Pavol, PhD., Mgr. Straka Adam |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
The project is focused on geochronology of basaltic volcanism and magmatic reservoirs of southern Slovakia using U-Pb isotopes in zircon supplemented by low-temperature geochronology of zircon and apatite based on U-Th-He system, and Ar/Ar age of amphibole and K-feldspar. This is a new approach to dating phreatomagmatic eruptions, whose ages have not been hitherto directly determined. Another goal of the project is deciphering age and origin of exotic xenoliths (carbonatite, carbonated syenite, granulite) occurring as fragments of fractionated basaltic magma chambers and surrounding crust in maars and diatremes. This research will employ classic mineralogical methods supplemented by thermodynamic modelling and interpretation of stable C-O isotope ratios. Results would have an impact on refinement of the age of volcanism, magmatic chambers and lower crust, as well as on evaluation of the syenite and carbonatite rocks as potential carriers of economic Nb, Zr and REE minerals. |
| THERMES - Structure and thermal state of the West Carpathian lithosphere: hot dry rock energy sources potential of Slovakia |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2012 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-0724-11 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., Mgr. Kohút Igor, PhD., RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., RNDr. Šoltis Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD., Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Our project is from the research branch of the geothermal sources bounded with the exploitation by the hot dry rock method The enhancement of the actual knowledge about the potential sources of Slovakia (obtained mainly in eighties) is the main task of the project The revaluation will be based on newest knowledge about the structure and the evolution of WestCarpathians, on the known thermal characteristics and on the complementary geological and geophysical measurements, of the interpretations and of the modeling achieved within the project The instrumental equipment of the solving organizations and the progressive research approaches of the geosciences ( 2D and 3D synthetic interpretations, geothermal transient modeling, integrated modeling, ) will be used by these activities The project is methodically based on progressive separation of the perspective geothermal regions and on precision of the parameters defining the energetic, geological and geophysical parameters of the potential hot dry rock sources The evaluation of the qualitative and quantitative parameters of the source regions and the map outputs of the whole region under study and also of the selected perspective partial regions will be the conclusive result of the project The outputs will be related to various forms of the energetic utilization The specifications of the source regions will serve as a ground for more precise exploration for concrete use of the source |
| Thermodynamic modelling of metamorphic processes in the collisional orogenic zones |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0013/12 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., Mgr. Čík Štefan, Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Siman Pavol, PhD., Mgr. Straka Adam, Mgr. Vojtko Peter |
| Annotation: |
The aim of this project is thermodynamic modelling of metamorphic processes in the collisional orogenic zones. The P-T-X conditions will be constrained using several methods: pseudosections, conventional geothermobarometry, fluid inclusion microthermometry and geochronology. These will be applied for high and ultrahigh-pressure rocks (eclogites, peridotites) and their host rocks (paragneisses, orthogneisses, migmatites, granitoids) from several collisional orogens (Western Carpathians, Eastern Alps, Scandinavian Caledonides, Rhodopes). |
| DANUBE - Development of the Danube Basin depositional systems |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2012 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-0099-11 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc. |
| Annotation: |
Long lasting geological and geophysical research in the Danube Basin is one of reasons why to explore it like an excellent natural laboratory for basin analysis. Present day methods of multidisciplinary geosciences research enable us significantly improve existing results, above all to perform new models of basin geodynamic development and architecture of its sedimentary record. An important contribution of the project will be refining of biostratigraphy, determining of main boundaries and surfaces in the basin fill, as well as elaboration of new models of climatic changes, sediments source areas and depositional systems. Definition of correlative surfaces will represent a fundamental contribution to the geology of the Pannonian Basin System. The frontiers of science will be pushed forwards by using combined methods. To such approach belongs mass balance analysis, processing data set obtained by methods of geomorphology and geological research. Geophysical model of the basin thermal subsidence should significantly influence the knowledge about the back arc basins in world scale, while this phenomenon is insufficiently clarified till now. The planned models can help in the future by prospection and discovering of new gas storages and by realization of boreholes on geothermal energy. |
| Centre of excelence for integrated research of the Earth\'s geosphere |
| Duration: |
1. 9. 2010 - 28. 2. 2015 |
| Evidence number: |
ITMS 26220120064 |
| Program: |
Štrukturálne fondy EÚ Výskum a vývoj |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
prof. RNDr. Andráš Peter, CSc., RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., doc. RNDr. Hurai Vratislav, DrSc., RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc., doc. RNDr. Jeleň Stanislav, CSc., Ing. Kötelešová Sidónia, PhD., Dr. Kyška-Pipík Radovan, PhD., Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., Mgr. Šurka Juraj |
| Other cosolvers: |
Doc. |
| Annotation: |
- Strategic objective of the project is appreciate in the support of the excelence integrated research of the Earth\'s geosphere with accent on the development of the required infrastructure, international cooperation and education. The realisation of the project strikingly contribute to improvement of the laboratory equipment of the research institutions in Banská Bystrica and Košice regions (Geological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences – branch Banská Bystrica, Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences Kočice and Technical University Zvolen), which will result in a higher quality of the scientific output and potencial in participation in international research projects. The project has got forth goals: 1. Analysis of the global changes and their impacts to ecosystems and biodiversity of the Earth2. Research of the geodynamic procesess and conditions of the earth crust formation 3. The study of the biogeochemical procesess and environmental aspects of the protection of the mining landscape4. The study of the mater-energetic flows in the upper part of the geosphere. |
| Integration of geothermal modeling into the gravimetric inverse problem solving |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0067/12 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Ing. Bednárik Martin, PhD., RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, RNDr. Brimich Ladislav, CSc., Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., RNDr. Karcol Roland, PhD., Mgr. Kohút Igor, PhD., RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., Pohánka Vladimír, RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD., Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Enhancement, improvement, and optimization of methodology in modeling temperature fields in the lithosphere taking into account specific conditions of tectonic evolution in the West Carpathian region, its application to synthetic interpretation of the structure and properties within the study region, and its integration with methods of other geoscientific disciplines. Improvement of computational accuracy of gravimetric corrections applied in compiling the gravity data that enter the inverse problem of gravimetry as input data. The solving of the gravimetric inverse problem by means of 2D and 3D density modeling as well as integrated modeling by making use of the outputs from the geothermal modeling while utilising the knowledge on tectonic evolution of the studied region. The application of a new method for determining geophysical characteristics of the asthenosphere. A proposal of new methodology for modeling geophysical fields in investigating the deep structure of continental lithosphere. |
| Interpretation of the geophysical field anomalous sources with the aim to improve the knowledge on the structure and dynamics of the Carpathian orogen |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0095/12 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., RNDr. Karcol Roland, PhD., RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD., Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Integrated geophysical interpretation of the significant anomalous sources of the geophysical fields (mainly gravimetric, geothermic and seismic and partly geoelectric field) located in different depths of the lithosphere from surface to the lithospre-asthenosphere boundary. Geometry and position of the anomalous sources (geological structures) is predominant in demonstration of these sources in the observed fields. Geological structures in these fields are characterized by the form of the anomalies with different long-wavelengths and amplitudes. For the structure and tectonics of the Carpathian orogen the most important anomalies will be interpreted by the top 2D and 3D methods of a direct and inverse task with integration also other geoscientific knowledge. The results of the project will be the geological-geophysical models of new generation in the interest regions of the Carpathian orogen. These models will represent a significant progress in improvement of the geological structure of the study orogen. |
| Mineralogical research of specific types of secondary mineral accumulation in selected near-surface underground systems of Slovakia and influence of microbiota on their formation |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0087/12 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Jeleň Stanislav, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
prof. RNDr. Andráš Peter, CSc., RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Bukovina Jakub, Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., Ing. Štyriaková Iveta, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Milan Seman (Ústav bunkovej biológie a biotechnológie PríF UK, Bratislava), Tomáš Lánczos (Katedra geochémie) a Renáta Fľaková (Katedra hydrogeol |
| Annotation: |
The research is focused on complex mineralogical and geochemical study of secondary mineral associations in selected shallow underground systems of Slovakia, the conditions and processes of the possible intervention of microorganisms. It is based on results of previous work the authors of the research team and preliminary examination of various specific forms of speleothem (secondary mineral accumulation), particularly in the cave environment, especially carbonates, opal, as well as oxides and hydroxides of Fe and Mn. Detailed microbiological studies complement and extend knowledge about poorly-known phenomenon of microbial biota colonised the habitats and their participation in the morphogenesis of these services. The obtained results may also apply to the proposed method of filling this particular cave, and spread knowledge and value of caves, most of which belongs to the national nature monuments and UNESCO - preserved nature monuments. |
| Postglacial evolution of Tatra Mts. Environment: multidisciplinary ecological study of subalpine lake |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0180/12 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Dr. Kyška-Pipík Radovan, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Illyová Marta, PhD., Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Mgr. Sýkorová Martina, RNDr. Šporka Ferdinand, DrSc., RNDr. Štefková Elena, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prof. RNDr. Peter Bitušík, CSc., RNDr. Marianna Kováčová, PhD., Ing. Marek Svitok, PhD., Ing. Ladislav Hamerlík, PhD., Mgr. Michal Seko |
| Annotation: |
One of the major problems today is the assumption of global climate change and its possible consequences. The most important discussed issues relate to the proportion of anthropogenic impacts on climate change and future climate evolution. The long term monitoring data that would help to answer these questions are absent or they are very rare, so the paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic studies are based on geochemical, physical and biological information preserved in the sediments of mountain lakes.The main objective of the project is to reconstruct the post-glacial environmental conditions of Tatra Mts. alpine lake and its surroundings, using several proxy data from the lake sediment. The results will be important not only in terms of the Western Carpathians, but they can fill the gap in paleolimnological and paleoenvironmental studies of Central Europe in postglacial period. |
| Processes and products of rhyollite volcanism: paleovolcanic reconstruction of the Jastrabá Formation in the Central Slovakia volcanic field |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2011 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0162/11 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Lexa Jaroslav, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Gregorová Katarína |
| Annotation: |
Rhyolite volcanites represent a substantial part of continental margin volcanic formations. They often host epithermal and VMS mineralizations and a suite of industrial mineral and stone deposits (perlites, silicites, clays, bentonites, zeolites, pumice and stone/aggregate). Explosive eruptions of rhyolites represent also a serious hazard in areas of active volcanism. Owing to that a greater knowledge on processes and products of rhyolite volcanism is desirable. Rhyolite volcanites of the Jastraba Formation represent an ideal object for a study of rhyolite volcanism. Project aims at reconstruction of volcanic forms and eruption types including processes of material redeposition, reconstruction of temporal evolution and relationship to structural evolution of the area, understanding of rhyolite magma origin in view of preceding andesite volcanism and understanding of influence of the primary lithology on qualitative parameters of associated industrial minerals. |
| Formulation and Confirmation of the Theory of Earth Origin by Accretion in Cooperation with Internationally Recognized Experts |
| Duration: |
9. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: |
ITMS: 26140230006 |
| Program: |
Štrukturálne fondy EÚ Vzdelávanie |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Túnyi Igor, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
prof. RNDr. Aubrecht Roman, PhD., RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, Bočík Andrej, RNDr. Brimich Ladislav, CSc., doc. Mgr. Guba Peter, PhD., RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc., RNDr. Šoltis Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Túnyi Igor, DrSc. |
| Assessment of taphonomic and geochemical methods in evaluating the stability of marine ecosystems during the Jurassic |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2011 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0068/11 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Tomašových Adam, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Ledvák Peter , PhD., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The Jurassic represents an important transition interval in the evolution of benthic and pelagic ecosystems, which remain less explored relative to the Paleozoic and Cenozoic ecosystems. The main goals are: (1) to quantify temporal and spatial variation in the species composition and to evaluate relationships between benthic and pelagic communities in the western part of the Tethys Ocean during the Late Jurassic, (2) to evaluate the robustness of the Mg/Ca paleothermometer in brachiopod shells to detect variations in seasonality, using modern brachiopods from environments with monitored changes in temperature (and to apply this method to Jurassic brachiopods), and (3) to assess the utility of taphonomic clock for inferences about the relative magnitude of time averaging in fossil assemblages (using modern accumulations of brachiopods and cephalopod shells dated with radiocarbon and amino acid racemization methods) because time averaging strongly modifies the stability values observed in fossil assemblages. |
| Project website: |
www.geol.sav.sk/tomasovych/apvv-tomasovych.html |
| Banská - Contamination of mining country by toxic elements at selected Cu-deposits and possibilities of its remediation |
| Duration: |
1. 5. 2011 - 31. 10. 2014 |
| Evidence number: |
0663-10 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Jeleň Stanislav, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., Ing. Maňkovská Blanka, DrSc., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Other cosolvers: |
RNDr. Ingrid Turisová, PhD., Univerzita Ma |
| Annotation: |
Results of mineralogical, pedological, hydrological and geochemical investigation will enable prepare objective imagine about the spatial distribution of heavy metals, about the kinetics and direction of their migration. For a consideration of the results will be compared the situation at Ľubietová with that at Špania Dolina and Staré Hory localities. The optimal solution of balanced sanitation (remediation) of investigated mining teritory: technogenous sediments of the dump-fields, soil, water and plants of contamined country will be presented as a result of the research. The recommended remediation will be realised with respect to the typical features of mining country in such a way to consider the environmental mining-historical and economic aspects.In the project-application will be affiliated 4 PhD students to the research team. |
| BOUGUER_NG - Bouguer anomalies of new generation and gravimetrical model of Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 5. 2011 - 30. 10. 2014 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-194-10 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Bezák Vladimír, CSc., RNDr. Karcol Roland, PhD., RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD., Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Interpretation outputs of gravimetry are component of method complex for studying the litosphere stucture and determination of the Earth\'s shape. Main information carrier about the distribution density inhomogeneities in the Earth interior are complete Bouguer anomalies (CBA). Methodics of their evaluation is still a subject of research and development - with the aim of improvement and removing of spurious influences during interpretation. Main aim of the project is a new recalculation of Slovak gravimetric database (enriched by detailed measurements) into the form of a CBA of new generation - by means of the improvement of standard steps and entertaining until now dismissed global effects. Received CBA field of new generation will create an improved working tool for geological-geophysical interpretation (part of the project is the development and testing of effective interpretation methods - 2.5 and 3D integrated modeling, analysis of the trends in CBA. innovated Linsser\'s method, evaluation of regularized gradients) and in the future it can build a platform for utilizing of modem geodetic methods of Earth shape determination. Main result of the geological interpretation will contain contributions to the improvement of the West-Carpathian and Pannonian structure knowledge, which can be used during enlargement of basic research information in geological and tectonic setting, forecast of geothermal energy sources and potential C02 sequestation structures, etc. |
| Geoevidence of karst forms and explanation of genesis of sinkholes in selected karst plateaus in Little Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2011 - 31. 12. 2013 |
| Evidence number: |
1/00747/11 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
prof. RNDr. Bielik Miroslav, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Ing. Bednárik Martin, PhD., prof. RNDr. Bielik Miroslav, DrSc., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Katedra aplikovanej a environmentálnej geofyziky PriF UK |
| Comparison of the contamination as a consequence of mining activity at Cu-deposits in the surrounding of Banska Bystrica |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2011 - 31. 12. 2013 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0065/11 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
prof. RNDr. Andráš Peter, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
doc. RNDr. Jeleň Stanislav, CSc., Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
RNDr. Zuzana Melichová, PhD., Univerzita Ma |
| Annotation: |
Results of the mineralogical, pedological, hydrological, hydrogeological, geochemical and microbiochemical investigation will enable prepare objective imagine about the spatial distribution of heavy metals and toxic elements, about the kinetics and direction of their migration. For a consideration of the results will be compared the situation at Ľubietová with that at Špania Dolina and Staré Hory deposits. The optimal solutions of balanced sanitation (remediation) of investigated mining territory: technogenous sediments of the dump-fields, soil, water and plants of contaminated country will be presented as a result of the reseach. The recommended remediation will be realised with respect to the typical features of mining territory in such a way to consider the environmental, mining-historical and economic aspects. Also 1 PhD-students is affiliated to the research-team. |
| Changes in the assemble of calcareous nannofossils during the great climatic changes |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2011 - 31. 12. 2013 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0145/11 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Antolíková Silvia, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Calcareous nannofossils are fossil remains of golden – brown, single-celled algae that live in the oceans. These algae make tini calcite plateles inside their cells, and these platelets (the calcareous nannofossils) move to the surface of the cell.The platelets fall off the cell and showly drift down to the bottom of the ocean. At this point they are part of. The calcite latelets are preserved in the rocks (mud or marl or sandy clay) and are the fossils that palaeontologists study. Great climatic changes appeared near the boundary Mesozoic/Paleocene, Paleocene/Eocene, Eocene/Oligocene, as well as during the geological units, e.g. Sarmatian brakisch trend in the sedimentary area. In the sedimentary records in basins of the Western Carpathians we can study on the basis calcareous nannofossils, foraminifers and litological profil determinated biostratigrafical dates and paleoecological conditions of the formerTetydian and Paratetydian oceans. |
| Oxidation-reduction conditions and water content in granitoid magmas: the use of biotite and Fe-Ti oxides as petrological indicators |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2010 - 31. 12. 2012 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0060/10 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc. |
| Annotation: |
The project is based on the modern study of Fe-Ti minerals of granitoids (biotite, Fe-Ti oxides, titanite, allanite) and its petrological application. Biotite is a valuable source of information on important magma properties (oxidation-reduction conditions, water, F, Cl contents). In the project we plan to compare Mössbauer based Fe3+/Fe2+ ratios of >70 biotites from various genetic types of Western Carpathian granitoids with fO2-T data from coexisting Fe-Ti oxides. Based on this comparison we will study relations of primary/secondary oxidation of biotite, equilibrium in magnetite – ilmenite, an influence on titanite and allanite stability. The results of fO2 determinations will be used for the calculation of fH2O through the biotite stability equation, its transformation to water content, and for the comparison with water solubility in the haplogranite system. This characterization will enable a more precise interpretatition of melting reactions and source rocks of granitoids compared with existing model. |
| Origin of eusociality: cockroach-termite transition |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2012 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0125/09 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Vršanský Peter, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Eusociality in the widest sense is quite common in vertebrates, snapping sponge shrimps and in curculionid beetles. Origin of a special, multigenerational, caste-based sociality, characterised of specialised soldiers, has independently evolved in termites, hymenopterans (in ants, paper wasps, parasitic Encyrtidae, and bees), gall thrips, aphids, African naked mole rats and in humans. It resulted in development of most complex structures in nature, including the civilisation. Biomass of eusocial organisms in advanced ecosystems, partially based on their detritivore chain, may reach 20% of all animals.Colonies of ants, bees, wasps and termites represent a kind of organism, and even no individual perceives the state of the entire colony and sends out instructions, actions are self organized by simple rules.The aim of the project is to analyse the cockroach-termite transition and thus the origin of earliest social animals, and to analyse the analogical transitions in other animals |
| Robustness analysis of selected gravimetric and geodynamic interpretation methods in geophysical inverse problems |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2011 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0107/09 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Ing. Bednárik Martin, PhD., prof. RNDr. Bielik Miroslav, DrSc., RNDr. Bilčík Dušan, RNDr. Brimich Ladislav, CSc., Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., RNDr. Karcol Roland, PhD., Mgr. Kohút Igor, PhD., RNDr. Majcin Dušan, CSc., Mgr. Pánisová Jaroslava, PhD., Pohánka Vladimír, Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Inverse problems in geosciences are often non-unique and ill-posed. The ill condition implies that for a certain interval of parameters, which are to be determined by geophysical interpretation, even exact enough observed input data may yield inaccurately determined parameters. The objective of this study is to determine and characterize the regions of ill condition of selected parameters of interest for geophysics and geodynamics andto investigate the ways of improving the determination of these parameters by means of complementary interpretation methods and constraints. Our parameters of interest are mainly the density of earth’s crust andupper mantle, density interfaces, geometry of faults, rheological properties, and parameters controling the dynamics of the surface deformations and temporal gravity changes. Anticipated results of the project should beapplicable in applied and environmental geophysics, geology, and volcanology. |
| Evolution of the non-marine Ostracoda in climatically and geographically evolving Europe Neogene |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2011 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0060/09 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Dr. Kyška-Pipík Radovan, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Ing. Kötelešová Sidónia, PhD., Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Marianna Kováčová, Martin Sabol, Jana Kučerová, Kristína Beláčková |
| Annotation: |
An origin of the extant non-marine taxa can be followed to the Neogene, to the period of the continual uplift of the Alps and Carpathians orogene belt, and change of equable, warm temperate and humid climate to colder and oscillating climatic conditions. An evolution of the fauna in a continental environment was probably influenced by the instable physical environmental parameters. A birth of the long lived lakes in the Central Europe leaded to an evolution of the endemic lacustrin taxa with the specific morphological characters. These taxa are related to the marine and freshwater ostracods and their local evolution was control by the tectonical movements. A disappearance of the long lived lakes caused extinction or migration to the new environments what convey us to consider an adaptation ability and strength of selection pressure between the taxa. |
| Project website: |
http://www.geol.sav.sk/pipik/index.html |
| Paleoenvironments and biofacies of Mesozoic lithostratigraphic units in the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2011 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0196/09 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Ledvák Peter , PhD., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica, doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD., Mgr. Tomašových Adam, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Otília Lintnerová, Eva Halasová, Daniela Reháková |
| Annotation: |
The project is aimed to collect detailed data on sedimentology, paleontological content, biofacies and environmental indicators from Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous lithostratigraphical units of Western Carpathians. This documentation will serve for definition of stratigraphic boundaries in the sense of the GSSP project of IUGS International Commission for Stratigraphy. The reseach will result in selection of appropriate regional stratotypes in the West Carpathian region and in survey of valid Mesozoic lithostratigraphical units. The program will be concentrated on detailed documentation of real rock sequences in sections perspective to become status of regional stratopes from viewpoint of the ICS criteria. Such a section are represented by Rakytnica ravine near Rožňava (Scythian), Mt Starý Plášť near Plavecký Mikuláš (Anisian), Štefánka Hill near Zámostie (Anisian / Ladinian), Liptovský Hrádok (Ladín / Carnian), Silická Brezová quarries (Carnian / Norian), Kardolína near Tatranská Kotlina (Rhaetian / Hettangian), Skladaná Skala Quarry near Ružomberok (Sinemurian / Lotharingian), Brodno Quarry near Žilina (Tithonian / Berriasian), Mt Rochovica above Rudinka (Valanginian), Polomec Hill quarries near Lietavská Lúčka (Hauterivian / Barremian). Also few other classical localities (e.g.. Ružiakov Závoz near Hybe, Červený Úplaz ravine above Podbanské) can help to integrate biostratigraphical, paleoecological, paleoichnological, sequence stratigraphical, C and O isotope geochemical and magnetostratigraphical knowledge. |
| Parallel and regularized modelling of potential fields in Carpathian-Panonian region |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2011 |
| Evidence number: |
1/0461/09 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vajda Peter, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Ing. Bednárik Martin, PhD., RNDr. Brimich Ladislav, CSc., Mgr. Dérerová Jana, PhD., RNDr. Karcol Roland, PhD., Mgr. Kohút Igor, PhD., Mgr. Zahorec Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Methodical development of interpretation techniques, mainly in the sense of the fundamental transfer from 2.5D to 3D solution and from direct to inverse gravimetric problem solution. Interpretation of potential fields plays a crucial role in the solution of geoscientific problems. The most important tool, based on a long-year experience, is modeling – mainly in situations, where are available constrains from other geoscientific branches. With the term parallel modeling, we understand modeling of several potential fields at once – either independently (complex modeling) or dependently (integrated modeling). One of the most important aspects of the proposed project is a comparison and unifying of these two concepts into one joint solution (in the sense of theregularization concept). Results of the project will deliver newest knowledge on the structure and development of geological units in the Carpathian-Panonian region. |
| Thermodynamic modelling of metamorphic processes in the Veporic unit of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2011 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0031/09 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., Mgr. Čík Štefan, doc. RNDr. Hurai Vratislav, DrSc., Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica, RNDr. Siman Pavol, PhD., Mgr. Straka Adam, Mgr. Vojtko Peter |
| Annotation: |
The aim of this project is thermodynamic modelling of metamorphic processes in the crystalline basement complexes of the Veporic unit in the Western Carpathains. The pressure–temperature-time conditions will be constrained using pseudosection calculations, conventional geothermobarometry, fluid inclusion microthermometry and geochronology. The results will be used to reconstruct a polymetamorphic evolution of the Western Carpathians. |
| High-resolution stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleoenvironmental analysis of the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene formations of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2011 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0140/09 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta Univerzity Komenského Bratislava |
| Annotation: |
Project is focused to high-resolution stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleoenvironmental analysis of the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene formations of the Western Carpathians. The main purpose is to provide ion of biostratigraphic, ecostratigraphic, paleoclimatic, eventostratigraphic, chemostratigraphic, tephrostratigraphic, eustatic and other sedimentary records, which originated in periode of distinct biotic crises, climatic extremes and paleogeographic changes during the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene time. They resulted in numerous exctinction events and morphogenetic innovations of planktonic microorganisms, facial changes of sediments, paleoproductivity changes, trophic resources, life strategies, oxygen content and others environmental factors. The results of this project provide a new basis for reinterpretation of sedimentary units and definition of reference sections for international stratigraphic correlation. new basis for reinterpretation of sedimentary units and definition of reference sections for international stratigraphic correlation. |
| SOLIPHA - Research and education centre of excellence for solid phase research focused on nanomaterials, environmental mineralogy and material technology |
| Duration: |
1. 7. 2008 - 30. 6. 2011 |
| Evidence number: |
VVCE-0033/07 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Hurai Vratislav, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
prof. RNDr. Andráš Peter, CSc., RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, |
| Annotation: |
IThe main task of the Research and Education Centre is research on solid phases as a tool for solution of problems in environmental mineralogy, mining of mineral materials, study of nanomaterials and material technology. Main aim of the project was the acquisition of a new RTG powder difractometer (Comenius University) and an IR spectrometer (Chemical Institute SAS) as a part of co-operating laboratory network oriented to structural study of natural and synthetic minerals. Research activities of Geological Institute are focused on properties of alkalic feldspars, minerals of the humite group, and phosphates. |
| Project website: |
www.solipha.sk |
| Evaluating and modeling ecological stability and turnover of Jurassic communities |
| Duration: |
1. 6. 2008 - 30. 6. 2011 |
| Evidence number: |
0248-07 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Tomašových Adam, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Golej Marián, PhD., Mgr. Ledvák Peter, PhD., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Ján Schlögl, Daniel |
| Annotation: |
Brachiopod and mollusk communities of the Jurassic document a global transition in evolutionary replacement of the Paleozoic, brachiopod-dominated fauna by the modern, mollusk-dominated fauna. It remains unexplored whether this global replacement pattern is reflected by regional/local patterns. This project will evaluate drivers of faunal replacements on pelagic carbonate platforms. It explores the compositional fidelity of fossil communities, the role of varying shell-input rate and sedimentation rate in shell bed genesis, biological causes of high shell density in brachiopod and mollusk concentrations, environmental causes of replacements between brachiopod and mollusk communities, and relationship between community turnover and changes in abiotic environment. It is based on taphonomic and ecologic analyses of sample-level field data collected in the Carpathians and Sicily, and published data derived from the epicontinental shelf and the Tethys Ocean. |
| Project website: |
www.geol.sav.sk/tomasovych/apvv-pcp.html |
| Evolutionary ecology and preservation of macrobenthic ecosystems on the Jurassic pelagic carbonate platforms |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2008 - 31. 12. 2010 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0068/08 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Tomašových Adam, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Golej Marián, PhD., Mgr. Ledvák Peter , PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Ján Schogl, Milan Sýkora, Daniela Reháková |
| Annotation: |
The dynamics of the large-scale, macroevolutionary and macroecological transition from the Paleozoic evolutionary fauna dominated by brachiopods to the modern evolutionary fauna dominated by mollusks, are poorly explored. We trace this replacement in unique, non-actualistic shelf environments of the Jurassic pelagic carbonate platforms that were inhabited simultaneously by brachiopods and mollusks. Based on deposists of pelagic carbonate platforms preserved in the West Carpathians and Sicily, we model preservation and time-averaging of fossil assemblages in such environments, track similarities in environmental preferences of brachiopods and mollusks, and assess whether brachiopod and mollusk communities show community inertia or substantial temporal community turnover during the Jurassic. |
| Microevolution, trends of adaptation and paleoenvironmental factors in the radiation of Ostracoda in the Middle and Late Miocene of the Central Paratethys |
| Duration: |
1. 6. 2008 - 31. 12. 2010 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-0109-07 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Dr. Kyška-Pipík Radovan, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
The Middle Miocene epicontinental sea settled by marine fauna and divided by abundant islands to the numerous basins changed in the Late Miocene to the brackish-freshwater Pannonian Lake inside the Carpathians arc. The mollusks and ostracods of the freshwater and marine-brackish origin entered and spread in this new environment. The morphologically stagnant taxa started to diversify in a view of morphology, ornamentation, and size and new specific endemic fauna originated. The new genera appeared as a result of intralacustrin evolution, long existence of the lake, and intrinsic factors. Species adaptation took a place in ecologically diverse environment influenced by the deltaic systems, differentiation of the lake to bathymetrically different basins, local anoxic conditions as well as a continual trend of the salinity decreas of the water environment and a climatic shift from subtropical to warm climatProject will search an answer for early genotype change and relative rate of the change in relation with environmental evolution. It will study the adaptations, which played an important role in a species radiation in a new environment using geometric morphometrics. |
| Project website: |
http://www.geol.sav.sk/pipik/index.html |
| Vysplan - Planet, we live on |
| Duration: |
1. 4. 2008 - 31. 12. 2010 |
| Evidence number: |
LPP -0231-07 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
prof. RNDr. Andráš Peter, CSc., RNDr. Chalupová Barbara, PhD., RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc., doc. RNDr. Jeleň Stanislav, CSc., RNDr. Lexa Jaroslav, CSc., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc., RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc., Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Slovenské národné múzeum – Prírodovedné múzeum Bratislava - Eva Nelišerová, Anna Ďurišová, Pet |
| Annotation: |
Exhibition „Planet, we live on“ prepared for Slovak National Museum - Natural Museum offers visitors the newest knowledge of geosciences. Exhibition is composed from four main parts underlying the connection among geospheres: (1) Anatomy of Earth, (2) Earth – living planet, (3) Geological evolution of Slovakia, (4) Raw materials. Display the function of geospheres and showing how important is their stability for the sustainable living conditions is expected important for the society. Atractive exhibition can improve the activity of people towards to protection of nature. Visitors understand the geodynamic evolution of the Earth and see that Earth is one comprehensive unit. This is very important message for the globalised world. Important are also accompaning events such as public talks, creating of models exctinted animals and animations of geological venets. Exhibition is planned to re-install in other museums. |
| Project website: |
www.geol.sav.sk |
| Tectonic interpretation of West Carpathian Internides based on CELEBRATION 2000 data - seismic and gravity transects |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2008 - 31. 12. 2010 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0072/08 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vozár Jozef, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Lexa Jaroslav, CSc. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Doc. RNDr. M.Bielik, DrSc, Prof. RNDr. A. Vozárová, DrSc, Mgr. M. Šmelko, Mgr. D. Laurinc, Mgr. K. Csicsay, Mgr. E. Speváková |
| Annotation: |
Based on study of CELEBRATION 2000 project - seismic, gravity transects CEL 01, CEL 04, CEL 05 prepared new tectonic interpretation of West Carpathian Internides -Units:Veporicum, Gemericum, Meliaticum and higher nappes – Turnaicum and Silicicum in Slovesnké Rudohorie Ore Mts. and their distribution in pre-Tertiary basement of South Slovakian basins. Tectonic units with mesosoic carbonate complexes will be delineated for geothermal prognoses. Compilation pre-Tertiary basement map of South Slovakian basins in contuination to North Hungarian area (Pannonian basin) mainly units in Bükk, Uppony, Szendrö and Rudabánya Mts. |
| Fault-controlled diagenetic stages at the base of Silica, Martonyi and Telekesoldal Nappes, Inner Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
5. 6. 2009 - 31. 12. 2010 |
| Evidence number: |
SK-HU-0015-08 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Kinga Hips, Szi |
| Annotation: |
The aim of the project is an investigation of Hungarian part of the Inner Western Carpathian nappe system with the tools of structural geology and diagenesis according to the methodology as the Slovakian partner had already investigated the Slovakian part of the same geotectonic regime. The present study is aimed to provide a direct evidence about the composition of the fluid generated along the basal plane of a moving thrust sheet. The newly formed minerals synkinematically grown in basal cataclasites are primary objectives of this work. Our research enables to compare unique data sets that refer to the same geodynamic regime in the Inner Western Carpathians. |
| Source of brines in crystalline basement of the Western Carpathians – reconstruction based on isotopes and thermodynamic modeling of sulphates |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2008 - 31. 12. 2010 |
| Evidence number: |
2/0040/08 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Hurai Vratislav, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD. |
| Annotation: |
Main goal of the project proposal is to decipher the origin of brines responsible for the formation of economically important mineral deposits of the Alps and Carpathians. The brines originated from seawater by combination of atmospheric evaporation, diagenesis and high-temperature isotopic and cationic Exchange with crustal rocks. To solve the problem successfully, isotopic compositions of oxygen, strontium and sulfur in barite from hydrothermal veins in the crystalline basement, and those of anhydrite from Permo-Triassic sediments must be determined. Modelling of thermodynamic equilibria among iron-bearing minerals, determination of sulphate contents in hydrothermal fluids, and formation PT conditions of the barite are needed to calculate the isotopic composition and source of fluids. Assumed contribution of the project involves metallogenetic aspects, understanding paleoecology of the Permo-Triassic Ocean, and dynamics of the Alpine tectonic processes. |
| Sprievodca - Educational guide round the geological geographical localities in the Central Slovakia |
| Duration: |
1. 10. 2006 - 30. 4. 2010 |
| Evidence number: |
LPP-0362-06 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Jeleň Stanislav, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
prof. RNDr. Andráš Peter, CSc., RNDr. Križáni Ivan, doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Doc. RNDr. Alfonz Gajdoš, PhD., RNDr. Ľudovít Gaál, PhD., RNDr. Juraj Galvánek, Mgr. Andrej Bendík, PhD., doc. RNDr. Pavel Michal, PhD., prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Mazúrek, PhD., RNDr. Milan Háber, CSc. |
| Annotation: |
The area of the Central Slovakia geographically, geologically and historically belongs to the most interesting and important regions. Geology of surroundings of Banská Bystrica and all Central Slovak region has typical characteristics of West Carpathians structure. Massifs of crystalline basements, Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sediments of its cover, complete sequence of nappe units, sedimentary formations and volcanic complexes of Tertiary and covering formations of Quaternary figures here. In more places are present interesting creations of the nature as a result of endogenous and exogenous processes. With respect to substantial enlargement of scientific progress in inorganic branches of science, especially geology and geography in last 20 years in the area of Central Slovakia, it would be advisable to elaborate “Geologically-geographical excursional guide round the Central Slovakia”. The project tends to point out the worth of inorganic part of regional nature, to enlarge considerably so far published scientific and popular-scientific information from mentioned issue, as well as information about protected forms, objects, areas and about state of protection of inorganic nature in mentioned area for all age categories of inhabitants of Slovakia. Description of selected significant localities will be possible to employ to explanation of geological structure, geomorphology, hydrogeology, palaeontology, mineralogy and economic geology for pedagogues and students of primary, secondary, high schools and universities. During the excursions allows to expose geology in wider context through the mineral, rock, fossil, structure of the mountain up to the formation of deposits of earth materials. To a great extend will proposed geologically-geographical guide be significant amplifying addition to other Slovak and foreign interested persons in the country to the knowledge from botany, forestry, zoology and history of the Central Slovak region. Proposed excursional guide pretends to be an actual document as a first phase of the project with the possibility of its consecutive completion with the areas of West and East parts of Slovakia. |
| P-T-X formation conditions and age of hydrothermal antimony mineralizations of the Tatric units of the Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2007 - 31. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: |
1/4048/07 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Hurai Vratislav, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
prof. RNDr. Andráš Peter, CSc., Mgr. Luptáková Eva |
| Other cosolvers: |
Martin Chovan, Prírodovedecká fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, Katedra mineralógie a petrológie |
| Annotation: |
Project is aimed to decipher the origin and age of stibnite mineralization of Western Carpathians. The project is based on new analytical methods. Infrared microthermometry enables measurements of phase transitions in fluid inclusions in some opaque minerals, including stibnite. Presence of monazite in hydrothermal stibnite-bearing veins permits their age to be determined using microprobe U-Pb-Th dating. Newly formed hydrothermal white micas can be dated using teh Ar/Ar method. Chemical composition of fluid inclusions will be determined by means of ion chromatography. Available geological background enables correct interpretation of the analytical data. Obtained results will be applicable also to metallogeny in other orogenic systems beyond that of Western Carpathians |
| Reconstruction of geological evolution and correlation of the Mesozoic complexes of the Tatric unit of the Western Carpathians and Austroalpine units of the Eastern Alps. |
| Duration: |
1. 1. 2007 - 1. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: |
1/4039/07 |
| Program: |
VEGA |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Dušan Plašienka, Roman Aubrecht, Jozef Hók, Dana Reháková, Ján Schlögl, Milan Sýkora, Ľubomír Sliva, Rastislav Vojtko, František Marko, Ferdinand Zaťko |
| Annotation: |
Malé Karpaty Mts. and Považský Inovec Mts. represents the westernmost core mountains of the Western Carpathians, which structure is formed by the deepest and paleogeographicaly most external units of the central Western Carpathians – Infratatricum and Vahicum. Correlation of these units with lower Austroalpine and Penninic units of the Eastern Alps is a long-lasting question in understanding of relations of these mountain systems. In spite of the intensive research of these problems in the past, a lot of problems rest without the solution up till now. The goal of the project intends with recovery of the new data by means of the new analytical approaches, which would make possible a high-quality correlation of the Austroalpine and Penninic units in the Alps and Carpathians, providing the reconstruction of the early alpine tectonic evolution of the Alpine-Carpathian joint area. |
| Biochronology of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic formations of the Western Carpathians: plankton evolutionary events and their stratigraphic calibration |
| Duration: |
1. 5. 2006 - 30. 10. 2009 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-51-011305 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
doc. RNDr. Soták Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc., RNDr. Chalupová Barbara, PhD., doc. RNDr. Michalík Jozef, DrSc., Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., Mgr. Starek Dušan, PhD., Mgr. Šimo Vladimír, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: |
Prírodovedecká fakulta UK Bratislava, |
| Annotation: |
Project is concentrated on the biochronology and integrated stratigraphic study of the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene formations of the Western Carpathians. Current topic of this project lies in a high-resolution analysis of biostratigraphic, ecostratigraphic, paleoclimatic, eventostratigraphic, chemostratigraphic, tephrostratigraphic, eustatic and other sedimentary records. Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene formations were deposited in periode of biotic revolutions, climatic extremes and paleogeographic changes. They resulted in numerous exctinction events and morphogenetic innovations of planktonic microorganisms, like foraminifers, nannofossils, radiolatians, dinoflagellates, etc. Integration of biostratigraphic studies of planktonic microorganisms, as well as other analytic data (meiobenthology, stabile isotopes, paleoproductivity, trophic resources, paleothermometry, geochronology, etc.) provides a new basis for reinterpretation of stratigraphic units and definition of stratotype sections. |
| Evolution of phyllosilicates during low-temperature alteration of rocks |
| Duration: |
25. 4. 2006 - 30. 4. 2009 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-51-008305 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Biroň Adrián, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Milovský Rastislav, PhD., RNDr. Puškelová Ľubica |
| Annotation: |
Phyllosilicates are common constituents of sedimentary rocks. Thus, they are important indicators reflecting processes taking place during post-sedimentary, low-temperature evolution of such rocks. Their structural, compositional and phase transformations are the function of geological parameters, which allow direct correlation with the grade of alteration overprint. Therefore, the reaction progress in clay mineral assemblages can be used to establish a sequence of zones, covering transitional realm between diagenesis and low-grade metamorphism. The main scope of the proposed project is the low-temperature prograde and retrograde evolution of clay minerals in various lithologies. The verification and utilization of their potential as a paleotemperature and paleoenvironmental indicators. Obtained results will be applied for paleogeographic and paleotectonic reconstructions of selected geological units in the Central Western Carpathians (Fatricum, Hronicum and Vahicum). |
| Project website: |
www.geol.sav.sk |
| Ultrahifh-pressure metamorphism in Pohorje and correlation of the eo-Alpine tectonometamorphic evolution of the Eastern Alps and Western Carpathians |
| Duration: |
1. 3. 2006 - 1. 3. 2009 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-51-046105 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Janák Marian, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
RNDr. Broska Igor, DrSc., Mgr. Halašiová Nataša, RNDr. Holický Ivan, Mgr. Mikuš Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Petrík Igor, DrSc., doc. RNDr. Spišiak Ján, CSc., Ing. Troppová Danka, Mgr. Zahradník Leonard |
| Possibilities of minig landscape remediation in surrounding of Ľubietová based on the study of heavy metal and toxic element distribution in the country |
| Duration: |
1. 3. 2006 - 28. 2. 2009 |
| Evidence number: |
APVV-51-015605 |
| Program: |
APVV |
| Project leader: |
prof. RNDr. Andráš Peter, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: |
doc. RNDr. Jeleň Stanislav, CSc., RNDr. Križáni Ivan, Doc. Ing. Kušnierová Mária, PhD., Ing. Luptáková Alena, PhD., Mgr. Luptáková Jarmila, PhD., Mgr. Milovská Stanislava, PhD., Ing. Šlesárová Andrea, PhD., Ing. Troppová Danka |
| Other cosolvers: |
Te |
