• 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).

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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 hab. 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
 

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