Geological Division of the Earth Science Institute SAS performs and develops basic, innovative and fundamental research in mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, geochronology, tectonics, paleoclimatology, paleogeography, paleontology, sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, evolutionary biology, environmental geochemistry and raw materials. Scientific activities are focused on complex and integrated research of geological structure, composition and geodynamic evolution of Earth, using modern scientific field, laboratory, and computer-intensive methods and infrastructure. The research activities are not constrained to the Slovak territory.