Geological Research in Inner-Carpathian Romania up to the 19th Century

Though Transylvania’s rich gold and silver deposits have attracted foreign people’s attention, geological information was rather slowly accumulated here. In the 19^th century, the geological research of Romania’s Inner-Carpathian region, comprising mainly the historical provinces of Transylvania and Banat were in a way directed by the geological institutes of Vienna and Budapest. A considerable contribution to geological research was made by autochthonous scholars gathered around the University of Cluj. They investigated precious metal, complex sulphides, iron, or salt deposits.

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