The Role of the Institute of Geological Sciences in the History of Geology in Armenia

摘要

The article presents a brief history of the Institute of Geological Sciences(IGS)of the NAS of RA,and the achievements of different generations of its specialists in the field of bio-stratigraphy,paleontology,regional geology,tectonics,geodynamics,geological hazards,seismotectonics,lithology,volcanism,magmatism,isotope geology,metamorphism,ore-bearing potential,metallogeny,ore geochemistry,hydrogeology,hydro-geochemistry,engineering geology,and geological informatics.The recent concepts on the geology of the RA in these different branches are based chiefly on the results of studies carried out by IGS specialists,also jointly with their foreign colleagues.Currently,the IGS of the NAS of RA is the sole institution in the RA that leads both basic and applied-science research in different directions of geological science.