Servicio Geológico Minero
Abbreviation | SEGEMAR |
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Legal status | Government Organisation |
Purpose | Geoscience |
Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
Region served | Argentina |
Parent organization | Secretary of Mining |
Staff | 348 |
Website | www.segemar.gov.ar |
Servicio Geológico Minero is an Argentine government institution aimed at producing geological, mining and environmental information to achieve sustained development and mitigate geological hazards.[1]
The institution has its origin at the fusion of Dirección General de Minas y Geología and Comisión de Estudios de Napas de Agua y Yacimientos Carboníferos in 1904.[2] Its first director was Enrique Hermitte who served in the charge until 1922. With Hermitte in charge the institution attracted a number European geologist to work for the institution including Richard Stappenbeck, John Keidel and Walther Penck.[3]
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References
- ^ Funciones y Objetivos Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Historia Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Aceñolaza, Florencio G. (2008), "La contribución de la Dirección General de Minas, Geología e Hidrología de la Nación a la formación de la primera generación de geólogos argentinos, y la actuación del Ing. Enrique M. Hermitte", Serie Correlación Geológica (in Spanish) (24)