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and the determination of the pattern of distribution and formation of 
subterranean waters in the Republic and in the territories adjacent to it. 
The Institute, in 1959 established a seismic station in Pleshchenitsy to 
study the geomagnetic, geoelectric, and gravitational fields and microseismic 
oscillations of the earth's crust. 
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Name: Institute of Geological Sciences 
(Institut geologicheskikh nauk) 
Address: Alma-Ata, Vinogradova, 34 
Director: K. I. Satpayev, Academician (U.S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- . 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Kazakh S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
P. Ya. Avrov, Professor, Head of Petroleum and Gas Section 
in dq BONE 
I. I. Gekht 
S. I. Izyumskiy 
G. Ts. Medoyev, Head of Section of Geomorphology and Quaternary 
Geology 
L. A. Miroshnichenko 
Ye. D. Shiygin 
N. G Syromyatnikov 
GB. Zhilinsky 
V. S. Zvontsov 
Description: 
The Institute has the following organization: 
Division of Geomorphology 
Division of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology 
Division of Mineral Fuels 
Polarographic Laboratory 
Laboratory of Coal Petrography 
Paleontological Laboratory 
Diamond-Cutting Workshop 
Geography Sector. 
The Institute is involved in classical geological research studies 
of the Kazakh Republic. It produced the first forecasting metallogenic map 
of its kind in the U.S.S.R., on the principal useful minerals of Central 
