The Geological Survey of Slovenia was co-organizer of the INTRAW Project (International cooperation on Raw materials) workshop with the involvement of the Panels of Experts. The workshop, with 49 expert attendants coming from EU and reference countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa and the United States), was held in September at Bled (Slovenia). The structured and conducted debates in several groups resulted in many explanations on why each of the reference countries has become so technologically and economically developed in the 20th and 21st centuries. Several scenarios of possible development paths of technologies, education and market in EU and previously mentioned countries were discussed. The common thread of the workshop was the European Union’s International Observatory for Raw Materials. The participant provided many suggestions on what topics and information the observatory should focus on, how could it be managed, how to attract the industry and finally how the partners of the project could ensure observatory’s independence after the INTRAW project’s closure. The Geological Survey of Slovenia also organized an excursion to the Škocjan caves for all of the participants.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 2482517Two invited lectures were held within a special event organised by EUROGI/CEKTRA titled "Space calling earth - we have a solution!" which took place between 6-15 march 2015 on the Congress square in Ljubljana. Both presentations were performed within the event "SpaceExpo", funded by the European Commission. Its purpose was to present the opportunities that EU-funded earth observation programmes can offer to us, whether being multispectral imaging, or satellite positioning (Sentinel, Galileo...). First presentation was focused on the use of remote sensing methods in geology, and the second one on the possibilities of the remote sensing technology can offer to support mining and to detect its environmental and societal impacts. Both presentations were addressed to both expert and laic audience. With them we promoted geology in general, as well as present to interested public the small segment of our work on the Geological survey of Slovenia.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 2383189This was the invited plenary lecture on the Geological congress of BiH. The main purpose of this paper is to present recent geochemical investigations on area of former Yugoslavia. Geological Survey of Slovenia (GeoZS) has intensively spreaded geochemical researches to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia in last decade through many bilateral projects and European projects. Main targets of investigations were bigger mines, smelters and ironworks. Slovenia used to have a significant number of mines and smelters related to them, , therefore GeoZS has a long tradition in this kind of researches. Successful cooperation between GeoZS and institutions from other countries, especially from Macedonia, resulted by numerous publications. For determination of contamination, various sampling materials such as soil, alluvial sediments, river sediments, attic dust, lichen and moss were collected. In data processing various techniques of statistical approach have been used. Most commonly used methods for data interpolation and predictive geochemical maps drawing were universal kriging method and artificial neural network (ANN).
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 2456917Volcanic rocks from the Mount Smrekovec are described in the present article. Their chemical composition, texture and structure are explained in a simplified manner to be understood by the target community – laics, mountaineers, hikers, pupils, and high-school and university students. The age, tectonic setting, magma source, sedimentary environments and the formation of a stratovolcano edifice in the Oligocene Smrekovec Basin are briefly explained. Some less common volcaniclastic rocks such as peperites, hyaloclastite, hyaloclastite breccia and autobreccia are explained. These autoclastic deposits are related to disintegration of lava flow owing to a rapid cooling in the sea-water or mixing and mingling of lava with water-saturated siliciclastic or volcaniclastic deposit.
F.28 Organising an exhibition
COBISS.SI-ID: 2475861In the year 2015 we have edited and published the "Mineral Resources" bulletin, vol. 11. Its aim is to gather information for experts and all other interested public, related to mineral resources in Slovenia. Bulletin has three parts: annual balance of production and reserves, short annual reports/summaries of the activities of different stakeholders, and different articles related to mineral resources. It contains 175 pages on B5 format. 300 hard copies were printed, but electronic version of bulletin is also available on: http://www.geo-zs.si/podrocje.aspx?id=530. It is published by Geological Survey of Slovenia as a part of annual contract with the ministry in charge for mining. The map of mineral resources with scale 1:500.000 is as appendix to this bulletin. It is published every three years, and contains also the list of all concessioners and its contacts.
C.05 Editorial board of a national magazine