P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Institute of Geology

The Institute of Geology was founded in 1941. The Institute consists of the

Department of Geology and Ecology and the following 7 laboratories.

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  Paleontology and Stratigraphy

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  Geotectonics and Neotectonics

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  Lithology

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  Magmatism

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  Lithosphere

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  Geochemistry of Endogenous Processes

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  Geology of Mineral Resources Deposits and Mineralogy.

The major fields of investigation of the Institute of Geology include

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  Paleontology and Stratigraphy;

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  Tectonics of the earth's crust in Tajikistan;

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  Lithology of sedimentary formations and associated mineral resources of

sedimentary origin;

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  Petrology and magmatism of intrusive massifs;

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  Geochemistry of magmatic and metamorphic formations; and

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  Mineral resources: conditions of formation and regularities of distribution.

The major scientific results of the Institute include

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  fundamental investigation is summarized in 7 volumes, entitled The  Atlas of

Fossil Fauna and Flora of Tajikistan.

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  stratigraphic charts of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cainozoic deposits of the

Pamirs, Hissaro-Alay and Tajik Depression were drawn up.

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  Tectonic subdivision into regions was carried out and maps of neotectonics and

seismotectonics (1:500000 scale) were drawn up. Tectonic faults of Tajikistan

were systematized.  Charts of tectonic subdivision of folding geosynclinal areas

of Tajikistan into regions were drawn up.

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  complex petrological-geochemical models of the earth's crust and upper mantle

of the Pamirs and South Tien Shan were constructed.  A new scheme of

metallogenic subdivision of the area of Tajikistan into regions was developed.

In Paleogenic sections of Southern and Northern Tajikistan, non-traditional

mineral raw materials (bentonite and palygorskite clays) were discovered;

economic uses have developed.

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  new deposits of semi-precious stone raw materials were found in the Pamir and

the Karategin Range.

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  in alkaline basalts of Tajikistan, unique xenoliths of anorthoclasities-

concentrates of strontium, barium, rubidium, lead, boron, and many others were

distinguished.