Programmes:

Sedimentology and mineral resources:

• Lithology of the rocks in Slovenia, their petrology, mineralogy and age
• Study of the genesis and diagenesis of sedimentary rocks (sedimentary environments and their dynamics)
• Sedimentary rocks and sediments as mineral resources (natural and building stone – e. g. karstic limestones, flysch sandstones, schists, gneisses and the magmatic rocks of Pohorje, dolomites, as well as industrial rocks – chert, lime, cement, ...)
• Organic sediments as energy resources (coal – Velenje basin, Posavje Folds)
• Clays, phylosilicates and tuffs
• Mesozoic limestones and dolomites (mostly Karavanke Mts. and western Slovenia)
• Clastic sedimentary rocks, mostly Tertiary of the north-eastern Slovenia
• Metamorphic rocks along the Periadriatic Lineament
• Recent marine, lacustrine and fluvial sediments as objects of anthropogenic pollution

Regional geology:

• Solving geological problems of chosen regions
• Regional studies in the entire Slovenian territory
• Global studies – linking the Slovenian geology with the geology of other European countries

Ground water and geochemistry:

• Establishment of current chemical and physical characteristics
• Establishment of the distribution and form of ground water in the environment
• Establishment of hazardous natural impacts, as well as current and historical anthropogenic activities (e. g. municipal, toxic and radioactive wastes, mines and population)
• Determination of expert grounds for ground water management and hydrogeological bases for the protection and use of ground water
• Implementation of existing research methods and their further development to fit the Slovenian circumstances, considering its special characteristics and geological heterogeneity