PRIORITY RESEARCH AREAS


1. Natural Disasters

2. Raw Materials & Energy

3. Water Resources

4. Basic Geological Research
Sub-Research Topics and Fieldworks
  • Determination of In-Situ Stresses
  • Production of Animal Feed Preventing Acidosis and Increasing Milk Yield Using Domestic Underground Resources
  • Briquette Production
  • Avalanche
  • Earthquake Mechanism, Generation and Estimation of Earthquake Parameters for Engineering Applications
  • Production of Rock Fibers for Use in Advanced Materials (e.g., Advanced Ceramics and Composites)
  • Economical Synthesis of Minerals with Low Reserves in Türkiye Using Domestic Raw Materials for Use in Advanced Materials (e.g., Advanced Ceramics and Composites)
  • Fracture Development in Rock Material Under Stress
  • Production of Functional Minerals (Providing Transparency, Antibacterial, and/or Anti-Blocking Properties) from Underground Resources for Use in the Plastic Packaging Industry, Primarily Food Packaging
  • Trenching Studies
  • Landslide
  • Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources
  • Geomorphology
  • Subsidence Related to Karstification
  • Coal Geology
  • Non-Energy Uses of Coal and Other Fossil Fuels
  • Underground Coal Gasification
  • Development of Exploration Methods for the Identification of Critical Metal Deposits
  • Mantle Flow
  • Mantle Geochemistry
  • River Basin Management
  • Paleoseismological Studies
  • Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production
  • Flood and Inundation
  • Slope Stability Problems
  • Shale Gas
  • Critical Metals Used in Strategic Energy Sector (Dysprosium, Neodymium, Tellurium, Gallium, Indium, Niobium, Vanadium, Tin, Selenium, Silver, Molybdenum, Hafnium, Nickel, Cadmium)
  • Strategic Energy Technologies (Hydrogen Energy, Geothermal Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Nuclear Fission Energy, Fusion Energy)
  • Impacts of Global Warming on Water Resources
  • Water-Related Impacts on Human and Environment
  • Sustainable Groundwater Resources Management
  • Production of Soil Conditioning and Plant Nutritive Mineral Aggregates Providing Calcium and Silica Sources for Use in Agriculture
  • Tectonics
  • Medical Geological Hazards
  • Tsunami
  • Tunnel Geology and Geotechnics
  • Assessment of Water Potential of Lakes in Türkiye
  • Chemical and Isotopic Composition of Precipitation in Türkiye
  • Underground Dams
  • Investigation of the Suitability of Underground Natural Gas Storage Sites
  • Underground Gas Storage
  • Groundwater Recharge Alternatives
  • Groundwater Quality Modeling
  • Groundwater Usage Modeling