Research
Published on Monday, 04 March 2013
Funded projects
- The end-Triassic mass extinction, coeval environmental change, and their driving forces. 2003-2007, OTKA K 37966. Principal investigator: Dr. József Pálffy, MTA-MTM PALEO Research Group. Participant from the Institute: Dr. Norbert Zajzon.
- Telkibánya – the environmental impact of the medieval mining, education and touristic potential – feasibility study. 2004-2005, PHARE CBC, HU-2002/000-604-01-11(05). Project coordinator: Dr. Éva Hartai, further participants from the Institute: Dr. János Földessy, (project leader), Dr. Norbert Németh.
- Occurrence of platinum group elements in the magmatic rocks of Mesozoic and Palaeogene age in the Darnó belt and its surroundings. 2005-2008, OTKA K 49633. Principal investigator: Dr. Ferenc Molnár, ELTE. Participants from the Institute: Dr. János Földessy, Dr. Éva Hartai, Dr. Norbert Németh, Dr. Sándor Szakáll.
- Structural geological research of the Rudabánya and Aggtelek Mts. 2005-2008, OTKA, K 48824. Principal investigator: Dr. László Fodor, MÁFI. Participant from the Institute: Dr. György Less.
- Importance of Triassic and Jurassic slope facies in the geodynamic reconstruction of the NW termination of the Neotethys. 2006-2010, OTKA K 61872. Principal investigator: Dr. János Haas, ELTE-MTA. Participant from the Institute: Dr. Norbert Németh.
- Refinement and correlation of the Paleogene shallow benthic zonation of the Western Tethys based on larger Foraminifera. 2006-2010, OTKA K 60645. Principal investigator: Dr. György Less.
- Comparative stratigraphical, sedimentological and tectonic analysis of the Thrace (NW Turkey) and Hungarian Paleogene Basins with special emphasis on the parallel evolution of Paleogene larger foraminifera. 2007-2009, TÉT (Hungarian-Turkish), TR-06/2006. Hungarian co-ordinator: Dr. György Less.
- Telkibánya Field Educational Park. 2009-2010, INTERREG, HUSK 801/116. Project coordinator: Dr. Éva Hartai, further participants from the Institute: Dr. János Földessy, (project leader), Dr. Norbert Németh, Dr. Sándor Szakáll.
- EUROAGES - European accredited geological study programmes. 2009-2010, FP7, EQF Life Long Learning, 147733-LLP-2008-DE-KA1EQF2009-2010: Project leader: ASIIN Consult GmbH, Germany. Participant from the Institute: Dr. Éva Hartai.
- Education of the rising generation and increasing the recognition of the engineering and IT career in line with the strategic aims of University of Miskolc. 2009-2011, TÁMOP-4.2.3-08/1-2008-0007. Project coordinator: Dr. Ágota Bányainé Tóth, Faculty of Mechanical and IT Engineering. Participants from the Institute: Dr. János Földessy, Dr. Éva Hartai, Dr. Ferenc Mádai.
- Acid rock drainage in carbonate-hosted ore deposits on the examples of Rudabánya (Hungary) and Asturias (Spain). 2009-2012, TÉT (Hungarian-Spanish), TÉT_08-ES-2009-0021. Hungarian coordinator: Dr. János Földessy.
- Magnetic, geochemical and mineralogical study of airborne dust. 2009-2012, OTKA K 75395. Principal investigator: Dr. Emőke Márton-Szalay, MÁELGI. Participant from the Institute: Dr. Norbert Zajzon.
- Development and modernization of teaching materials at the Earth Science Engineering BSc program, University of Miskolc. 2010-2011, TÁMOP-4.1.2-08/1/A-2009-033. Project coordinator: Dr. Éva Hartai, further participants from the Institute: Dr. János Földessy, Dr. György Less, Dr. Ferenc Mádai, Dr. Norbert Németh, Dr. Sándor Szakáll, Dr. Norbert Zajzon.
- Upper Hungarian Mining Route. 2011-2012. HUSK 09/01/1.3.2. Project leader: Pavol Rybár, Technical University Kosice. Participant from the Institute: Dr. Éva Hartai.
- Improvement of the quality of higher education in the strategic research areas of University of Miskolc, based on the development of centres of excellence. 2011-2013, TÁMOP-4.2.1.B-10/2/KONV-2010-0001. Project coordinator: Dr. Tamás Szemmelveisz, Faculty of Mechanical and IT Engineering. Participants from the Institute: Dr. János Földessy, Dr. Éva Hartai, Ferenc Kristály, Dr. György Less, Dr. Ferenc Mádai, Dr. Viktor Mádai, Dr. Norbert Németh, Dr. Sándor Szakáll, Dr. Norbert Zajzon.
- Spatial modelling of heavy metal mobility in mining catchments across various climatic regions in the European Union and its neighbours. A comparative study in Hungary and Morocco. 2011-2013, TÉT (Hungarian-Moroccan), TÉT_10-1-2011-0503. Hungarian coordinator: Dr. Győző Jordán, MÁFI. Participant from the Institute: Dr. Sándor Szakáll.
- CRITICEL - Basic research on exploitation of national economic development potential of critical raw materials in international cooperation. 2012-2014, TÁMOP-4.2.2.A-11/1/KONV-2012-0005. Project coordinator: Dr. Imre Gombkötő, Institute of Raw Material Preparation and Environmental Processing. Participants from the Institute: Dr. János Földessy (project leader), Dr. Éva Hartai, Ferenc Kristály, Dr. György Less, Dr. Ferenc Mádai, Dr. Viktor Mádai, Dr. Norbert Németh, Dr. Sándor Szakáll, Dr. Norbert Zajzon ( sub-programme coordinator).
- KÚTFŐ – Development of the international research potential on subsurface waters by supporting targeted basic research at Faculty of Earth Science & Engineering, University of Miskolc. 2012-2013, TÁMOP-4.2.2.A-11/1/KONV-2012-0049. Project coordinator: Dr. Tamás Madarász, Institute of Environmental Management. Participants from the Institute: Dr. János Földessy, Dr. Éva Hartai, Ferenc Kristály, Dr. György Less, Dr. Ferenc Mádai, Dr. Viktor Mádai, Dr. Norbert Németh, Dr. Sándor Szakáll, Dr. Norbert Zajzon.
- Case-studies for Sr-isotope-ratio-based numerical dating of Senonian and Oligocene-Miocene geological events in the Western Tethys and adjacent seas. 2012-2015, OTKA K 100538. Principal investigator: Dr. György Less.
Industrial research since 2009
- Petrology of basalt building stones. Reseach leader: Dr. Sándor Szakáll
- Composition of Cu and Mn ores. Reseach leader: Ferenc Kristály
- Diagnostic investigation on clay minerals in drilling mud and drilling chips. Reseach leader: Ferenc Kristály
- Irota REE mineralization petrology and geochemistry. Reseach leader: Dr. János Földessy
- Composition of rocks from the zeolite mines at Mád, Tokaj Mountains. Reseach leader: Ferenc Kristály
- Investigation on airborne magnetic dust. Research leader: Dr. Norbert Zajzon
- Carbonate sedimentology of the Mályi geothermal well. Research leader: Dr. György Less
- Mineralogical and geochemical investigation on sulphate precipitations in the adits of Mátraszentimre, Mátra Mountains. Research leader: Dr. Sándor Szakáll
- Petrology and ore mineralogy of the Montagne d’or (French Guiana) ore deposit. Research leader: Dr. Éva Hartai
- Montero (Tanzania) U-REE mineralogy and petrography. Research leader: Dr. Norbert Zajzon
- Mineralogy of precipitation on foundry pipes. Research leader: Ferenc Kristály
- Petrology and ore mineralogy of the Rudabanya ore mineralization. Research leader: Dr. János Földessy
- Petrology and ore mineralogy of the Seruyung (Indonesia) ore mineralization. Research leader: Dr. Éva Hartai
- UCG technology site selection geological criteria. Research leader: Dr. János Földessy
- Petrology and geochemistry of the Zafranal porphyry copper deposit, Peru. Research leader: Dr. János Földessy
- Mineralogy of zeolite based products. Research leader: Ferenc Kristály