Colombian Geological Survey

Colombian Geological Survey
Servicio Geológico Colombiano
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Agency overview
FormedDecember 22, 1916; 107 years ago (1916-12-22) (as the National Scientific Commission)[1]
JurisdictionColombia
HeadquartersBogotá, Colombia
Annual budget$195 billion pesos (FY2010)[2]
Agency executives
  • Oscar Paredes Zapata, Managing Director
  • Juan Pablo Marín Echeverry, Secretary General
Parent agencyMinistry of Mines and Energy
WebsiteSGC.gov.co

The Colombian Geological Survey (CGS) (Spanish: Servicio Geológico Colombiano;[3] formerly known as INGEOMINAS) is a scientific agency of the Colombian government in charge of contributing to the socioeconomic development of the nation through research in basic and applied geosciences of the subsoil, the potential of its resources, evaluating and monitoring threats of geological origin, managing the geoscientific knowledge of the nation, and studying the nuclear and radioactive elements in Colombia.[4]

  1. ^ Espinosa, Armando B. "Breve Historia del Servicio Geológico Colombiano". Colombian Geological Service. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "presupuesto_ingeominas_asignado_vigencia-(1).xls". 6 Apr 2009. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
  3. ^ Parrado, G.; Cañón, Y.; Peña, M.; Sierra, O.; Porras, A.; Alonso, D.; Herrera, D. C.; Orozco, J. (7 July 2016). "Improvement of analytical capabilities of neutron activation analysis laboratory at the Colombian Geological Survey". Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications. AIP Conference Proceedings. 1752 (1). United States: Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy: 080010. Bibcode:2016AIPC.1753h0010P. doi:10.1063/1.4955380. OSTI 22608526.
  4. ^ "¿Quiénes somos?". Colombian Geological Service. Retrieved January 26, 2019.