M. VISARION
Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica, Bucuresti
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS CARRIED ON BY
FOREIGN COMPANIES ON ROMANIA'S TERRITORY
(Abstract)
This paper presents data on the geophysical surveys carried out in the Romanian
territory in the period 1925 – 1947 by foreign companies (Astra Romana,
Romanian-Amrican, Companie générale de Géophysique, Spcoété de
Prospection Eléctrique Schlumberger, A.B.E.M., etc.) with a view to
discovering oil structures mostly in the Carpathian Foredeep, Moesian Platform
and Pannonian Depression. The researches carried out in the Transylvanian and
Pannonian depressions until the year 1916 and in the period 1941 – 1943
in the territories temporarily and arbitrarily annexed to neighbouring countries
are taken into account. The paper deals with the geophysical methods employed,
the equipment and methodologies adopted, pointing out the contribution brought
to the outlining of the geological structure reported to the present knowledge.
Key words: foredeep, diaper structure.