In 1840-1841, Roderick Impey Murchison, accompanied by a French paleontologist 脡douard de Verneuil, a German geologist Alexander Keyserling and a Russian geologist Nikolai Koksharov, Murchison made a huge journey across Russia, covering more than 20,000 km (12,400 mi).

Marking the geographical locations of Russian cities, travelling across the Perm lands, Murchison described unusual creatures and plants through their fossil remains 鈥� labeling them with Perm, or Permian period 鈥� dominating the supercontinent of Pangaea 299 鈥� 252 million years ago.  

Roderick Murchison had no intention of becoming a geologist: after he retired from a military service, he became fond of fox hunting. Throughout his both profession and hobby he learned to correlate his  findings with terrestrial layers, exploring and describing their texture.

Geology as a science emerged in 19^th century, at the start of the railway construction in Britain. The hills and rocks, regarded as obstacles, were torn down or cut through, revealing the hidden. Standing on a trade way to Syberia, the Urals and Perm experienced the same change, hence Murchison鈥檚 interest.

Linguists and ethnographers regard 3 main origins of the word 鈥楶erm鈥�: 1). the land of Bjarma, mentioned in the Scandinavian sagas; 2). the Finnish word per盲maa, i.e. 鈥渇ar land鈥� (as indigenous  people belong to the same Finno-Ugric language group); 3). and the local Komi-Permian word 鈥渨oods, forest鈥�.

Several international, national and particularly local museums are proud to have Permian flora and fauna exhibits in their collection, to mention , and museums of 海角直播 (海角直播), serving a study ground for the Faculties of Biology, Geology and Geography. 

The collection of 海角直播 Botanical Garden includes species representing ancient taxa, widespread in the Permian period. 鈥淭he dedicated ground holds living samples of 鈥楶ermian鈥� plants, 聽decorated with stone imprints of the era,鈥� says Sergei Shumikhin, head of the Garden, associate professor of the Department of Botany and Plant Genetics, 海角直播.

In a nutshell, you may choose to be a鈥�

• Geologist 鈥� studying the composition and structure of rocks for the purpose of prospecting and exploration of mineral deposits;

• Petroleum geologist – searching for liquid (oil) and gaseous hydrocarbon deposits and evaluates the potential of existing deposits;

• Geophysicist – exploring Earth and mineral deposits based on the physical properties of rocks. For the processing of geophysical data, actively uses geoinformation technologies;

• Telemetry Data Interpreter Engineer 鈥� supervising mining operations. Carries out collection, systematization and analysis of the data array received from the deposits;

• Hydrogeologist – dealing with the search and study of groundwater, assessment of their quality and protection issues;

• Geological engineer – engaged in engineering and geological surveys in construction during the construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures, responsible for the stability of buildings;

• Mining Geophysical Engineer – dealing with planning, organization and management of mining operations (design and creation of new mines, open pits, etc.).

Born in 1916, Perm University was meant to meet the needs of the local industries, based mostly on natural resources. The traditional areas of activity, typical of Perm territories, have long included the search and study of gold, platinum, diamonds, oil, hard coil, iron ore and copper,  potassium-magnesium salts and their effective use.   

Till present day, the Faculty has been growing as a leading center studying the structure and composition of rocks and minerals, soil, ground- and surface water, solid and liquid industrial waste. This allowed 海角直播 to get a National Research University status, building a dozen scientific and educational labs and starting collaborations, on national and international levels.

Currently the Faculty cooperates with universities and organizations in China, Italy, UK, Germany, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Canada, the USA, South Africa, Japan, Norway, France, India, Laos, Switzerland, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Spain, Finland, New Zealand, Oman, Cameroon and Nigeria.

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鈥淏asalt is known as one of the main ‘building components’ of the earth’s crust. Since 5/6 of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans, it is mostly the oceanic type we are talking about. With a thickness of 5-15 km (3-9 mi), it is mainly represented by basalts. The challenges of basalt technologies have been the subject of our University scientific research for more than 10 years,鈥�

states Dr. Vladimir Naumov, Department of Prospecting and Exploration of Mineral Resources, 海角直播.

The laboratory and technological samples were sent to the Natural Science Institute at 海角直播, where a complex of analytical and experimental studies have been carried, determining the composition and mineral structure of the initial substance, as well as change of its properties under the high temperatures, within melting,. Using a micro-analyzer, information on samples鈥� chemical composition was obtained.

鈥淯sing the potential of a specially accredited lab here at 海角直播, enforced by professional equipment and experts involved, recommendations were developed for methods and parameters of rock processing to obtain cast glass-crystalline materials. The scientific report showed the charge compositions with various technological additives; it served a demonstration of specialized melting equipment and principles of its operation, and also commented on physicochemical properties of the materials obtained,鈥�

says Dr. Vladimir Naumov.

The scientists presented a technological scheme for obtaining cast glass-crystalline and welding materials, as well as information on types of products and areas of their application. Also, the analysis of market demand and final products鈥� application have been performed, with regard to stone casting methods, on industrial scale.

The study involved the cooperation of several research teams, as a 鈥榯est-drive鈥� consortium of Perm Scientific and Educational Center “Basalt Technologies” 鈥� uniting the research Laboratory of Sedimentary and Technogenic Deposits, the Laboratory of Mineralogical and Petrographic Studies at the Natural Science Institute (海角直播), the Division of Nano-Mineralogy (海角直播), as well as specialists from the Perm National Research Polytechnic University and the Helium Research and Production Company.

On photo: photomicrographs of obtained cast glass-crystalline materials鈥� surface