Gubkin University Representatives at the Ural Lithological Meeting and the 6th All-Russian School for Students, Postgraduates, Young Specialists, and Scientists in Lithology
From October 19 to 23, 2026, the Ural Lithological Biennale was held at the A.N. Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IGG UB RAS) in Yekaterinburg. It brought together the 15th Ural Lithological Meeting and the 6th All-Russian School for Students, Postgraduates, Young Specialists, and Scientists in Lithology. The events were held under the common title “Sedimentary Complexes of the Urals and Adjacent Regions and Their Minerageny – 2026”.
The following presentations were delivered as part of the biennale:
– Olga Zueva and Irina Kitaeva, Associate Professors of the Department of Lithology: “Hydrothermal Chlorite in Vendian Sandstones of the Parfenov Horizon within the Angara-Lena Step of the Siberian Platform” and “Vendian–Lower Cambrian Paleocenoses of the Crestal Part of the Nepa-Botuoba Anteclise”, respectively;
– Egor Kazimirov, Assistant at the Department of Lithology, with a presentation on “Patterns of Structure and Spatial Distribution of Microbialites in Lower Famennian Organogenic Carbonate Buildups of the Timan-Pechora Petroleum Province”;
– Nikita Lykov, postgraduate student, with presentations “Discovery of Deep-Water Stromatolites Associated with Sedimentation Breaks in Jurassic Deposits of Central Russia” and “Evolution of Sedimentation during the Ordovician in the Epicontinental Paleobasin of the Northern Siberian Platform Based on a Study of the Reference Section of the Moyero River”, and Anna Poroshina, postgraduate student, with a presentation “Reconstruction of Depositional Conditions of the Chokrak Horizon and Prediction of Lithological Traps within the Cis-Dagestan Shelf”;
– Ksenia Tsesarzh, a student of the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of Oil and Gas (group GR-23-07), with a presentation “Characteristics of Permian (Late Kungurian–Roadian) Oncolitic Limestones of the Gundara Formation, Southwestern Darvaz”.
In their presentations, the participants addressed issues of authigenic mineral formation, carbonate and terrigenous sedimentology, the role of the microbial factor in the formation of reservoir rocks, and sedimentation characteristics in the Early Paleozoic basin of the Siberian Platform.
As part of the All-Russian School in Lithology, Ksenia Tsesarzh, a student of the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of Oil and Gas, and Egor Kazimirov, Assistant at the Department of Lithology, were awarded diplomas for the best presentations among students and young scientists.
The representation of members of the Student Scientific Society (SSS) of Gubkin University at external venues is carried out within the framework of the University’s SSS development programme “Strategy of New Discoveries”.
