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Description: 
This institute has two geological stations, the Korets Station at 
the western ridge of the Ukrainian crystalline rock mass, 215 meters above 
sea level, and the Morshin Station, 2.5 kilometers southwest of the resort 
at Morshin and 360 meters above sea level. Much geological and geophysical 
research is done, including studies of oil- and gas-deposit formations. 
Advanced degrees are conferred with specialization in hydrogeology, 
geology of petroleum and gas, stratigraphy, engineering geology, and geo- 
chemistry of combustible minerals. 
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Name: Institute of Geophysics 
(Institut geofiziki--GIGAN) 
Address: Tbilisi 
Director: A. V. Bukhnikivshvili (1961) 
Deputy Director: V. V. Kebuladze, Candidate (1958) 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Georgian S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
A. G. Balabuyev, Academician (Georgian S.S.R.) 
B. K. Balavadze, Professor 
Ye. I. Byus, Corresponding Academician (Georgian S.S.R.) 
A. I. Kartsivadze 
N. A. Katsiashvili 
V. K. Koyava 
V. D. Kupradze 
M. Z. Nodia, Professor 
D. I. Sikharulidze 
A. D. Tskhakaya 
G. K. Tvaltvadze 
Description: 
The Institute of Geophysics in the Georgian S.S.R., was established 
in 1933. Research is carried on in the fields of atmospheric physics, 
seismology, gravimetry, terrestrial magnetism, terrestrial electricity, and 
geophysical methods of exploration. Radiometric and gravimetric researches 
and glaciological explorations are also carried out. The Institute partici- 
pated in the IGY program on geomagnetic and geoelectric perturbations and 
the investigation of variations of the intensity of cosmic rays. In 1960, 
the Institute began large-scale research on the structure of the earth's 
