- assessment of geological conditions of methane occurrence,
- verification of hard coal resources, taking into account factors harmful for the environment,
- assessment of deposition variability and thickness of hard coal seams,
- assessment of geological-mining conditions when using geophysical methods,
- development of safe (with respect to hydrogeology) methods of waste disposal,
- geological-hydrogeological-mining opinions with respect to mining damages,
- identification of surface and underground waters,
- analysis of the kind, intensity and range of water pollutions from different kinds of contamination sources,
- working out of documentation determining underground water resources in connection with mineral extraction,
- analyses relating to the assessment of water hazard in hard coal mines,
- assessment of hydrogeological effects of mine closure,
- laboratory tests of hydrogeological properties of rocks,
- seismic method (geotomography) for the seismic hazard assessment and identification of geological dislocations in coal seams,
- seismological method for seismic hazard assessment in hard coal and copper mines,
- registration systems of rock mass tremors and their analysis (apparatus and software),
- Upper Silesian Regional Seismological Network at GIG, data base about tremors as regards the Upper Silesian area,
- construction and production of seismological and seismic apparatus,
- software for the registration and processing of signals and their courses,
- assessment of seismic risk caused by mining tremors in relation to the surface building development and technical infrastructure,
- localization of underground voids, determination of hazard regarding the surface caused by the occurrence of voids and control of their filling,
- investigation on the technical state of dams and assessment of stregthening and sealing of reservoir embankments,
- localization of underground structures (foundations, passages etc.) and archeological relics (walls, wells, sarcophagi etc.),
- localization of dangerous wastes and effluent spheres of toxic substances in grounds and rocks,
- testing of pavement and foundation of communication routes (roads, railway tracks, aprons),
- passive (stationary) seismoacoustic method of seismic hazard assessment in coal mines,
- active (WAS) seismoacoustic method of seismic hazard assessment in coal mines
- construction and sale of portable seismoacoustic apparatus WLIS-96,
- construction, sale and service of three-compositional acceleration recorders for observations of tremor impact on surface structures,
- calibration of seismoacoustic apparatus according to the regulations of the passive method application,
- carrying out of expertises concerning the methods of seismoacoustic observation in particular conditions (for example longwalls).
HEAD doc. dr hab. inż. MUTKE GRZEGORZ tel.:259 2189 e-mail: g.mutke@gig.eu |
| LABORATORY OF MINE HYDROGEOLOGY HEAD dr BUKOWSKI PRZEMYSŁAW tel.:259 2339 e-mail: p.bukowski@gig.katowice.pl |
| LABORATORY OF SEISMOLOGY AND MINING SEISMIC PROSPECTING HEAD dr inż. LURKA ADAM tel.:259 2575 e-mail: bhxal@gig.katowice.pl |
| LABORATORY OF ENGINEERING GEOPHYSICS HEAD dr inż. KOTYRBA ANDRZEJ tel.:259 2377 e-mail: bhxak@gig.katowice.pl |
| LABORATORY OF SEISMOACOUSTICS HEAD prof. dr hab. inż. KORNOWSKI JERZY tel.:259 2335 e-mail: bhxjk@gig.katowice.pl |



