Laboratory staff: 26 employees, including one corresponding member of RAS, 5 doctors of science, 13 candidates of science, and five graduate students.
 

Research Areas:

• Geodynamic situation and structural control of mineralization, the main age range of mineralization.
• Radiogenic (Hf-Nd-Sr-Os) and stable (COHS-Cu) isotopic systematics of rocks, ores and minerals. The sources of the ore substance and ore-bearing fluids in deposits formation, the role of carbonaceous substance in the ore formation.
• Geochemistry and mineralogy of platinum-group elements and gold.
• Os-isotope evolution of the mantle substance.
• Mineral composition of ores, mineral typomorphism, and entry forms of mineral components in ores; mineralogical and technological mapping of ore-metasomatic formations; comprehensive use of mineral resources.
• Determination of physical and chemical parameters of the ore-forming fluids, thermodynamic parameters and the redox state of the mineralization environment.