Seminars
Until next year! Merry Christmas!
The seminars generally take place on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. in room GEO-122 and can usually also be followed online.
| Date | Time | Name | Title | |
| Atko Heinsalu |
Recent seminars
| Date | Time | Name | Title |
| 18.12.2024 | 15.00 | Eduard Pukkonen | Economic challenges of phosphorite mining (in Estonian, with discussion in English if needed) |
| 11.12.2024 | 15:00 | Peeter Talviste | Soil stabilization using oil-shale ash (in Estonian) |
| 04.12.2024 | 15:00 | Thibaud Lieffroy | Ordovician conodonts of Baltoscandia and their application for climate and environment reconstructions (PhD seminar) |
| 27.11.2024 | 15:00 | Kalev Ruberg | Tehnoloogia ja innovatsioon mäetööstuses: kuhu edasi? (in Estonian) |
| 20.11.2024 | 15.00 | Tõnu Tomberg | Elanikkonna varjumisvõimalused sõjalise kriisi ajal (in Estonian) |
| 23.10.2024 | 15.00 | Ogechukwu Moghalu | Trace fossils from the Ordovician-Silurian Boundary Beds of Estonia, and their links to paleoenvironmental controls (PhD seminar) |
| 25.09.2024 | 15:00 | Anna Kačkāne (University of Latvia) | Plant macrofossil analysis of Roču bog (Latvia) |
| 29.05.2024 | 15:00 | Simo Ilomets (Senior Researcher at the Department of Construction and Architecture) | Properties of Construction Materials and Opportunities for Circular Use |
| 27.05.2024 | 15:00 | Andrus Paat, PhD student | Geotechnology in Rail Baltica construction |
| 08.05.2024 | 14:00 | Ivan Krivokorin, PhD student | New insight into the climatic changes in the southeast of Western Siberia during LGM |
| 07.05.2024 | 11.00 | * Prof. Susanne Buiter (Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ) * Dr. Ludwig Stroink | * The German Research Centre for Geosciences – Solutions for a habitable Planet * Study and Research visits to Germany - DAAD Scholarship Programmes |
| 24.04.2024 | 14:00 | Anna Lanka, PhD student | Cladocera based lake environment reconstructions |
| 17.04.2024 | 14:00 | Tõnis Meriste (Development Manager, Enefit) | Green Mining (in English) |
| 10.04.2024 | 14:00 | Vladimir Karpin, PhD student | Late Pleistocene ice sheet behaviour in the Western Estonian Shelf: the new evidence from the high-resolution sea bottom mapping |
| 03.04.2024 | 14:00 | Juan David Solano Acosta, PhD student | Geochemistry, provenance, and tectonic setting of Paleoproterozoic metavolcanic and metasedimentary units of the Alutaguse zone, North Estonia – A Comparative Study with the South Svecofennian zone |
| 20.03.2024 | 14:00 | Vesta Kaljuste (Senior Mining Engineer, Energiasalv Pakri OÜ) | Rock mechanics and geotechnics up to -750 metres (in English) |
| 13.03.2024 | 14:00 | Andrejs Veliks (A-Geo Ltd, Läti), Vaiko Veeleid (Hades Geodeesia) | 3D scanning is understandable for everyone |
| 06.03.2024 | 14:00 | Kaia Tõnsuaadu (Senior Researcher at the Institute of Materials and Environmental Technology) | Fosforiidi rikastamine ja väärindamine: rõhuga Eesti fosforiidil (in Estonian) |
| 28.02.2024 | 14:00 | Varvara Bakumenko, PhD student | Chironomid Climate Continentality Conundrum |
| 21.02.2024 | 14:00 | Eduard Pukkonen (Enefit Senior Geologist) | Geological and Methodological Aspects of the Turkish Oil Shale Deposit Study (in English) |
| 19.01.2024 | 10.00 | Kristin Kahu | Ehitusmaavarakarjääri juhtprotsesside digitaliseerimine (magistritöö kaitsmine) |
2023
| Date | Time | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.12.2023 | 15:00 | Erik Väli, Ragnar Kauril (AS Eesti Energia), Hendrik Klaas (OÜ Inseneribüroo Steiger) | Technological Innovations in the Oil Shale Industry |
| 04.12.2023 | 15:00 | Kalev Ruberg | Large scale mining technological simulations and optimisation processes |
| 27.11.2023 | 15:00 | Francisco Cunha Soares Veiga Simão | Development of construction materials: waste valorisation and entrepreneurship for alternative/secondary raw materials usage |
| 20.11.2023 | 14:00 | Hannes Praks | Maast linnaks (from ground to city). A research-based design studio kuidas.works on reuse of tailings of construction waste |
| 06.11.2023 | 15:00 | Rein Vaikmäe | 50 Years of Development in the Field of Isotope Geochemistry Worldwide and at the Department of Geology: A Personal Perspective |
| 23.10.2023 | 15:00 | Daria Wochal (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland), PhD student | Peatlands in the Anthropocene - a paleoecological study of critical ecosystem changes in the last millennium |
| Mariusz Bąk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland), PhD student | Integrating palaeoecological and dendrochronological data to explore the impact of climate and land-use changes on Sphagnum peatlands in the pine monoculture areas | ||
| Dominika Łuców, Postdoctoral Researcher | Long-term ecology of a post-extraction restored bog in Northern Estonia | ||
| 09.10.2023 | 15:00 | Siim Roov | Phosphate processing and experiences from Oulu |
| 02.10.2023 | 15:00 | Irena Pidek (Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland) | Record of climate oscillations in the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) by palynological methods against the background of older interglacials in Poland |
| 31.05.2023 | 11:00 | Nthati Monei | Phytomining of Rare Earth Elements: Dynamics of rhizosphere processes and element interactions in the soil |
| 24.05.2023 | 14:00 | Mawo Ndiaye | Understanding Vanadium Enrichment in Black Shale: Different Methods of Analysis |
| 10.05.2023 | 14:00 | Kristiina Kaldas (Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology) | On oil-shale chemistry and research directions of the Industrial Chemistry Laboratory |
| 03.05.2023 | 14:00 | Olle Hints, Peep Männik | On a new research project PRG1701 and oxygen isotopes from conodonts |
| 26.04.2023 | 14:00 | Eliise Kara | Doctoral seminar: 10 000 years in 10 metres: a paleobotanical study of a peat bog in Central Europe - Methodology and preliminary results |
| 19.04.2023 | 14:00 | Alar Konist (Department of Energy Technology) | Põlevkivi väärindamine ringmajanduse kontekstis (The seminar will be in Estonian) |
| 12.04.2023 | 14:00 | Janelle Kirss (Head Bibliographer of Data Management) and Piret Remmelgas (Publishing Specialist) | Where to publish your results and data? On journal classifications and rankings, research evaluation and data management (training particularly for early-stage researchers) |
| 22.03.2023 | 14:00 | Sophie Graul | Geological and mineralogical insights on Estonian shelly phosphorites |
| 08.03.2023 | 14:00 | Lauri Joosu (Eesti Geoloogiateenistus) | Kas fosforiidist saab Eestis maavara? Riiklike uuringute hetkeseis ja perspektiivid |
| 01.03.2023 | 14:00 | Keskkonnaministeerium | Infotund - kaasamine maapõueseaduse väljatöötamiskavatsuse koostamiseks |
| 22.02.2023 | 12:45 | Peeter Talviste | Tamme maalihe Pärnumaal veebruaris 2022 ja maalihkeohtlikkuse hindamine Eestis |
| 15.02.2023 | 14:00 | Veiko Karu, Tony Hand | Horizon Europe Project AGEMERA |
2022
| Date | Time | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02.11.2022 | 10:00 | Asko Ristolainen (Centre for Biorobotics) | Small-scale mining robots - the future of mining technologies? |
| 05.10.2022 | 10:00 | Ivan Krivokorin | PhD seminar: Extracting oxygen isotopes from mammoth fossil remains: methodology and preliminary results |
| 14.09.2022 | 10:00 | Ilya V. Buynevich | Examples of Holocene geological signatures of extreme events and animal-landscape interaction |
| 14:00 | Tony Hand | A life in mining, past, present and future | |
| 25.05.2022 | 14:00 | Olle Hints | e-Maapõu: geological data and e-services in Estonia |
| 18.05.2022 | 14:00 | Andres Trikkel, Kaia Tõnsuaadu (Materjali- ja keskkonnatehnoloogia instituut, anorgaaniliste materjalide teaduslabor | Technologies for phosphate rock |
| 11.05.2022 | 14:00 | Vesta Kaljuste | Application of novel mining systems for extracting near-surface REE-bearing phosphorite in Estonia (PhD seminar) |
| 04.05.2022 | 14:00 | Students and lecturers | Overview of the study trip to Central Finland last week. In-person meeting. |
| 27.04.2022 | 14:00 | Signe Jantson ja Janelle Kirss | Data management, DMPs and research data repository at TalTech (in English) |
| 20.04.2022 | 14:00 | Anna Lanka | Building of subfossil Cladocera training set for past environmental reconstructions |
| 13.04.2022 | 14:00 | Mawo Ndiaye | Resources for circular economy: understanding vanadium enrichment and carriers in metalliferous black shales (PhD seminar) |
| 06.04.2022 | 14:00-17:00 | Seminar dedicated to history | 75 years from the establishment of the Institute of Geology of the Academy of Sciences (NB! The seminar will be in Estonian) |
| 30.03.2022 | 14:00 | Sophie Graul | Classification and quantification of Estonian phosphorites and their REE potential – First results (PhD seminar) |
| 23.03.2022 | 14:00 | NPM Silmet OÜ | Andrei Litvinjuk (Operations Manager) „Rare Metals and Rare Earth Elements. History and place in Modern World” Julia Ignatova (Sales Manager, RM) “Responsible Minerals Initiative. From mines to production” |
| 16.03.2022 | 14:00 | Aivo Lepland & Sten Suuroja | Formation controls of manganese carbonates, sulfides and oxyhydroxides at the seafloor and in sediments of the Baltic Sea |
| 09.03.2022 | 14:00 | Sander Kanter | Risk assessment of Piusa caves (NB! The seminar will be in Estonian) |
| 02.03.2022 | 14:00 | Juan David Solano Acosta | New insights into tectonic styles across Estonia using satellite geophysical potential fields derived from WGM-2012 gravity data and EMAG2 magnetic data (PhD seminar) |
| 16.02.2022 | 14:00 | Vladimir Karpin | Submarine glacial landscapes of the Western Estonian Shelf and implications for ice-flow reconstruction (PhD seminar) |
| 09.02.2022 | 14:00 | Peeter Talviste | Tee geotehniline projekteerimine: põhimõtted ja praktika Euroopa standardite valguses (NB! The seminar will be in Estonian) |
| 02.02.2022 | 14:00 | Marika Lunden, Siim Läänelaid, Riina Vilgats | Services provided by the Research Administration Office (help with writing applications, funding possibilities, introducing Handbook on Project Management) |
| 26.01.2022 | 14:00 | Jari Joutsenvaara | Cosmic-rays, muons and their application in water, rock, air, and space |
| 19.01.2022 | 14:00 | Varvara Bakumenko | How Chironomidae larvae help us to understand Postglacial climate (PhD seminar) |
| 12.01.2022 | 14:00 | NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute | CCS projects in Norway |
2021
| Date | Time | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.12.2021 | 14:00 | Alvar Soesoo | Prospects of geothermal energy in Estonia & best practices around Estonia |
| 01.12.2021 | 14:00 | Joonas Pärn | Geochemical evolution and travel times of agricultural nutrient pollution in groundwater at the northern slope of the Pandivere Upland and its influence on the status of groundwater dependent surface water bodies |
| 17.11.2021 | 14:00 | Alla Shogenova & Kazbulat Shogenov | Carbon Capture Use and Storage Scenarios for the Baltic States (results of the Horizon 2020 CLEANKER project) |
| 09.11.2021 | 10:00 | Nathan Stansell (Northern Illinois University) | Isotope studies in Estonian lake sediments |
| 03.11.2021 | 14:00 | Nthati Monei | Exploring the effects on Mixed Cultures and Fertilizer Application for effective accumulation of trace elements (PhD seminar) |
| 20.10.2021 | 14:00 | Jari Joutsenvaara (University of Oulu) | Underground research - the condition, possibilities, challenges, opportunities for research projects |
| 06.10.2021 | 14:00 | Anneli Poska WEBINAR | Quantifying land use and climate on vegetation in Europe |
| 23.09.2021 | 15:30 | Simon Dischl (Heidelberg University) | Dating of young groundwater based on atmospheric input variation |