ORGANIZATION UNIT OF THE VICE-DIRECTOR FOR GEOLOGY * GEOLOGICAL DIVISIONmedicine-geochemical research of the Štiavnické vrchy Mts.area. In the scope of this regional research we monitor the contentof the most risky potentially toxic chemical elements (mainlyAs, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Se and Zn) in the geological environment(soils, w<strong>at</strong>ers and sediments), in food web (locally grown vegetables)and human biological m<strong>at</strong>erial (hair and nails).MonitoringSystem<strong>at</strong>ic monitoring serves for objective knowledge of environmentalcharacteristics and assessment of their changes withinobserved space and time. The monitoring system and its inform<strong>at</strong>ionsystem are the most important tools for safeguarding the environmentquality, which <strong>at</strong> the same time underpins decision-makingon recent activities and perspectives in the sphere of environment.The compound of the Monitoring System of the Slovak RepublicEnvironment is the Partial Monitoring System – <strong>Geological</strong> Factors.It is focused in so-called geological hazards mainly, i.e. harmfuln<strong>at</strong>ural or anthropogeneous geological processes, which posea thre<strong>at</strong> to n<strong>at</strong>ural environment and, consequently, to humans.The project Partial Monitoring System – <strong>Geological</strong> Factors inaccord with concept of actualiz<strong>at</strong>ion and r<strong>at</strong>ionaliz<strong>at</strong>ion of environmentalmonitoring for the period of 2005 – 2010 was approved byOPM ME SR, Decree No. 42 d<strong>at</strong>ed 04/04/2005; we continue inmeasurements in the scope of the following subsystems:01 Landslides and other slope deform<strong>at</strong>ions,02 Tectonic and seismic territory activity,03 Anthropogenic sediments of the environmental load character,04 Mining impact upon environment,05 Monitoring of radon volume activity in the geological environment,06 Stability of rock massifs underlying historical objects,07 Monitoring of stream sediments,08 Volume unstable soils.By the Resolution of the Government SR No. 907 d<strong>at</strong>ed August21, 2002 was approved a Concept of sustainable exploit<strong>at</strong>ion rockof environment sources. Based upon the given concept we submitannually for the Government Session an inform<strong>at</strong>ion on the st<strong>at</strong>usof the monitoring of the geological factors of the environment withidentific<strong>at</strong>ion of thre<strong>at</strong>ening accidents and options how to preventthem. The monitoring results provide early inform<strong>at</strong>ion, which allowto take appropri<strong>at</strong>e measures in order to anticip<strong>at</strong>e emergencyevents. Such inform<strong>at</strong>ion is forwarded to the Office for Civil Protectionof the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic based upon anAgreement on the collabor<strong>at</strong>ion in provision and utiliz<strong>at</strong>ion of geologicalinform<strong>at</strong>ion, which entered in force on September 15, 2006.In spring 2007 was established a working group <strong>at</strong> EuroGeo-Surveys - EGS Geohazards Working Group and the SGIDŠ becameits member. We approved basic working documents andstr<strong>at</strong>egic plan of assessment and prevention against geologicalhazards in Europe.Main scarp of the landslide above the Veľká Čausa Village. Photo: P. Wagner.Partial inform<strong>at</strong>ion system serves for d<strong>at</strong>a processing and archivingacquired by geological factors monitoring. Its principle isunified approach in d<strong>at</strong>a processing and their sp<strong>at</strong>ial present<strong>at</strong>ionin form of map outputs, which reflect impact of monitored processesupon environment. The inform<strong>at</strong>ion on monitoring is available<strong>at</strong> the Internet site of the Partial Monitoring System of <strong>Geological</strong>Factors (http://dionysos.gssr.sk/cmsgf). For all the clients both fromthe professional as well as laic publics the annual reports are madeavailable, along with overview of monitored activities and directd<strong>at</strong>a output from the monitoring system of geological factors.With the previous project is closely connected the Cre<strong>at</strong>ion ofStandards and the Methodology of Labor<strong>at</strong>ory Tests in EngineeringGeology. It is focused in technical standardiz<strong>at</strong>ion andprocurement of desired quality of labor<strong>at</strong>ory tests in the sphere ofengineering geology in Slovakia in terms of the European StandardEurocode 7 – EN 1997-2.In the monitoring particip<strong>at</strong>ed also the Geoanalytical Labor<strong>at</strong>ories(GAL). In the year 2007 were realized analyses of more than800 groundw<strong>at</strong>er samples in the scope of the groundw<strong>at</strong>ers monitoringin Slovakia.The samples comprised:• groundw<strong>at</strong>ers of the Žitný ostrov (Rye Island),• groundw<strong>at</strong>ers from the Eastern, Central, Northern andWestern Slovakia,• selected groundw<strong>at</strong>ers – project KRAS and projectQUATERNARY.GAL have been accredited to carry out control analyses andgroundw<strong>at</strong>ers analyses in Slovakia according to § 2 Sect. c ofRegul<strong>at</strong>ion 221 Ministry of the Environment SR d<strong>at</strong>ed 29/04/2005,which defines particulars on search for and assessment of the surfacew<strong>at</strong>ers and groundw<strong>at</strong>ers st<strong>at</strong>us, on their monitoring, keepingevidence on w<strong>at</strong>ers and on w<strong>at</strong>er balance.Quantit<strong>at</strong>ive components in w<strong>at</strong>ers were determined accordingto valid STN and institutional standards, which were elabor<strong>at</strong>ed inGeoanalytical Labor<strong>at</strong>ories. All the approaches are valid<strong>at</strong>ed andaccredited.<strong>St<strong>at</strong>e</strong> <strong>Geological</strong> Institute of Dionýz Štúr Annual Report 2007 15
ORGANIZATION UNIT OF THE VICE-DIRECTOR FOR GEOLOGY * GEOLOGICAL DIVISIONRAW MINERALS SOURCESThe accomplished project Sources of Ore-BearingFluids in Metallogeny of the Western Carp<strong>at</strong>hians closestheoretical aspir<strong>at</strong>ions of deciphering of ore deposits originin the all basic ore districts of Slovakia. Obviously, for a longtime it will serve as dominant source of ground inform<strong>at</strong>ionin the above sphere. In the year assessed there weredefi ned defi nitions of the genesis of the south Veporicumand Gemericum mineraliz<strong>at</strong>ionand epithermal mineraliz<strong>at</strong>ionof neovolcanites and accomplishedby partial reports. In theproject solution particip<strong>at</strong>ed toa considerable degree also theemployees of the <strong>Geological</strong> InstituteSAS and Faculty of N<strong>at</strong>uralSciences UK in Br<strong>at</strong>islava.Majerovce site – sampling of zeolitized(clinoptilonitized) rhyodacite tuffs fortechnological research. Photo P. Bačo.We accomplished also the project Evolution, Geometryand Distribution of Potential Lithological Traps ofHydrocarbons in Development and Closing Stage ofthe Neogene Basins in Slovakia. We closed interpretingand modeling works of selectedstructures and sites in basicPerlitic obsidian with fluidal structure andphenocrysts of feldspars (plagioclaseand sanidine). Fluidal texture is a productof local flow of rhyolite lava. The texture isemphasised by grey bands, which are aresult of local synvolcanic alter<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> increasedactivity of fluids and transform<strong>at</strong>ionof primary glassy m<strong>at</strong>rix into clayeyminerals (smectite, illite). Deposit Lehôtkapod Brehmi. Photo MikušováNeogene basins and the fi nalreport was submitted.The main objective of theproject Str<strong>at</strong>egic EnvironmentalRaw Minerals is hierarchysetting and redefi nition of rawminerals which could be usedAdit of flot<strong>at</strong>ion gallery <strong>at</strong> the Sb-ore depositDúbrava situ<strong>at</strong>ed in the N<strong>at</strong>ionalpark Nízke T<strong>at</strong>ry territory. Photo: P. Balážin the environmentalsphere (large industrialaccidents andc<strong>at</strong>astrophic events)implement<strong>at</strong>ion „environmentalindex ofraw minerals – E k ,“according to whichwe will assess eachraw mineral depositViničky – redeposited pumicerhyolite tuffs and tuffites.Basement of extrusiverhyolite body Borsuk.Photo P. Bačoin the frame of the methodology of environmentally utilisableraw minerals deposits assessment. In the assessedperiod there were being completed geological and technologicalbases of d<strong>at</strong>a.The works in the year 2007 in the scope of the geologicalproject <strong>Map</strong> of Paleovolcanic Reconstruction of RhyoliteVolcanites of Slovakia and Analysis of Magm<strong>at</strong>ic HydrothermalProcesses were focused in lithofacies analysis,paleovolcanic reconstruction, construction of 3D and 4Dmodels, mineralogy, petrography and petrology, clarifying ofevolution of lacustrine basins with limnoquartzites and forcharacteris<strong>at</strong>ion of non-metallic raw minerals genesis.In the year 2007 the fi nal report of the project geologicalMineral Resources Utiliz<strong>at</strong>ion in Large-Size ProtectedAreas of the SR was completed. There were evalu<strong>at</strong>ed independentlyand complexly about 220 objects of depositsites of 23 large-scale protected areas in Slovakia in rel<strong>at</strong>ionto small-scale protected territories (n<strong>at</strong>ural and n<strong>at</strong>ionaln<strong>at</strong>ural reserves, n<strong>at</strong>ural and n<strong>at</strong>ional n<strong>at</strong>ural monumentsand protected areals), the territories included in NATURA2000 and zones of w<strong>at</strong>er sources protection. The result ofthe appreci<strong>at</strong>ion is defi ning of existing or potential risks inrel<strong>at</strong>ion to deposit exploit<strong>at</strong>ion.Complex analysis, completing of digital layers of minedoutspaces, protected deposit territories and further depositpolygons and evalu<strong>at</strong>ion of energetic raw mineral sources<strong>at</strong> the territory of Slovakia is the goal of the project Analysisof Fuel-Energetic Raw Minerals and Possibilities forExploit<strong>at</strong>ion of the Prognosing Resources Accountingfor their Economic Effectiveness.16 Annual Report 2007 <strong>St<strong>at</strong>e</strong> <strong>Geological</strong> Institute of Dionýz Štúr