Head of Laboratory until 2003 German B. Fershtater Doctor of sciences, professor, Honored Worker of RF Science	Head of Laboratory Vladimir V. Kholodnov Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy, Honored Worker of Science tel.: (343) 371-17-85, e-mail: holodnov@igg.uran.ru

Laboratory staff: 19 employees, including 2 doctors of science, 11 candidates of science , 2 graduate students.
 

Research Areas:

• The study of magmatism evolution of epioceanic orogens, with the Urals as an example and the global standard.
• Formation analysis of magmatic rocks, the study of the P-T conditions of their formation.
• The fluid regimen (the role of halogens and sulfur) and potential mineralization.
• The petrogenesis of mafic-ultramafic and granitoid associations of the Urals, their isotopic-geochemical and age evolution.
• The study of magmatism and mineralization links.
• The analysis of the specific abyssal suprasubduction magmatism (anatexis).

Applied research

• The formation history and the ore prospects of  Paleozoic metasomatic complexes of Kochkarsky district in the Southern Urals.
• The petrological study of Murzinsky granitoid massif aimed to develop the criteria for assessing the prospects of rare metals and semi-precious materials.
• Participation in the geological preparation of the site for the South Ural nuclear power plant (SUNPP) construction.
• Participation in the additional study of the State Geological Map of the Southern Urals at scale 1:200,000 in collaboration with the Moscow State University and the South Ural geological survey party