Head: Academician of RAS, Prof. Leopold Lobkovsky
Department of Geology and Geodynamics

The main directions of study:

Tectonics of deformable continental plates and regional geodynamics.
Structure of sedimentary basins and mineral resources of the World Ocean and marginal seas.
Stress-strained state of the lithosphere, seismicity and georisks.
Geoecological study of seas.
Geodynamic evolution of the Arctic and hazards on the Arctic shelf.