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The Department of Geology trains geologists and geological engineers in the field, in the lab and in industry — for over 160 years.
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▼ 45 m · event
At 45 m the pores of the sand are full of water: we are in the aquifer. Hydrogeologists study how fast it recharges and how clean the water is.
▼ 45–300 m Alluvium: gravel and sand · Quaternary · 2.6 Ma
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▼ 300–650 m Clays and marls · Neogene (Sarmatian) · 12 Ma
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▼ 650–800 m Volcanic tuffs (Dej Tuff) · Neogene (Badenian) · 15 Ma
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Explore in GeoloGIS▼ 800 m · event
Among the rock chips brought up by the drilling mud there is a Nummulites — an index fossil. We now know we are in the Eocene, about 45 million years ago.
▼ 800–1100 m Sandstones · Paleogene (Eocene) · 45 Ma
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▼ 1100 m · event
We stop and cut a core: an intact cylinder of rock, 9 m long. In the lab we measure its porosity, permeability, mineralogy and chemical composition.
▼ 1100–1500 m Flysch: sandstone–shale alternations · Cretaceous · 100 Ma
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▼ 1300 m · event
From the core we cut a slice of rock, grind it down to 30 microns (0.03 mm) and look at it under the petrographic microscope. With crossed polars, quartz and plagioclase show first-order interference colours (grey, white, straw yellow) and go dark four times in a full turn of the stage; plagioclase is recognised by its polysynthetic twinning. That is petrography.
▼ 1500 m · event
The drilling mud starts to disappear into fractures: we have crossed a fault. On either side of the fault plane the layers are offset by tens of metres — structural geology reconstructs the displacement.
▼ 1500–1900 m Limestones · Jurassic · 160 Ma
▼ 1900 m · event
Every 100 m the rock is about 3 °C warmer (the geothermal gradient). At 1900 m the bit works at almost 70 °C.
▼ 1900–2250 m Evaporites and red beds · Triassic · 230 Ma
▼ 2250 m · event
The gas detector jumps: the black shales are source rocks, rich in organic matter. The mud weight is increased for safety.
▼ 2250–2650 m Black shales · Paleozoic (Carboniferous) · 320 Ma
Our graduates at work
Each dot on the borehole is a graduate: the older the class, the deeper it sits. Click one to see where they work.
▼ 2450 m · event
The bit passes through a vein: hydrothermal fluids flowed through the fractures and deposited gangue minerals (quartz, calcite, barite, etc.) with galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, etc. This is how ore deposits form — lead, zinc, copper or gold.
▼ 2650 m · event
Under the ultraviolet lamp some chips glow yellow-green: the fluorescence reveals hydrocarbons. Exactly what wellsite geologists look for.
▼ 2650–2990 m Crystalline basement: gneiss · Precambrian · > 539 Ma
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The Mineralogy (B575) and Paleontology (B551) collections can be visited by appointment.
Directions▼ 3000 m · event
At 3000 m the bit reaches the crystalline basement: gneisses older than 539 million years. Drilling stops. What comes next — a conversation with us.
▼ 3000 m · what comes next
12 quick questions in 3 steps: Geochemistry or Geological Engineering? Pick what feels closer — there are no wrong answers.
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