The Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS; ) is an institution that engages in

geoscience Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four sphere ...

research in the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The academy was established in 1956 and reorganized in 1999. Administratively it is under the PRC

Ministry of Land and Resources The Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) of the People's Republic of China is a dissolved ministry under the jurisdiction of the State Council of China. It was formally responsible for the regulation, management, preservation and exploitation ...

Research

The academy conducts scientific research on various aspects of geology and geophysics, such as the analytic and exploration techniques of mineral deposit,

hydrogeology Hydrogeology (''hydro-'' meaning water, and ''-geology'' meaning the study of the Earth) is the area of geology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth's crust (commonly in aqui ...

engineering geology Engineering geology is the application of geology to engineering study for the purpose of assuring that the geological factors regarding the location, design, construction, operation and maintenance of engineering works are recognized and accou ...

, environmental geology, karst geology,

exploration geophysics Exploration geophysics is an applied branch of geophysics and economic geology, which uses physical methods, such as seismic, gravitational, magnetic, electrical and electromagnetic at the surface of the Earth to measure the physical properties of ...

and

geochemistry Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans. The realm of geochemistry extends beyond the Earth, encompassing the ...

. It is also active in research on

paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

, and was involved in identification of new dinosaurs, including ''

Zhenyuanlong ''Zhenyuanlong'' (meaning ''"Zhenyuan's dragon"'', from Chinese Pinyin 龙/ 龍 lóng ''"dragon"'') is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. It lived during the Aptian age of the early Cretaceous perio ...

'', ''

Xixiasaurus ''Xixiasaurus'' () is a genus of troodontid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period in what is now China. The only known specimen was discovered in Xixia County, Henan Province, in central China, and became the holotype of th ...

'', and a new type of tyrannosaur '' Qianzhousaurus''. as well as other animals such as '' Castorocauda'' and ''

Rugosodon ''Rugosodon'' is an extinct genus of multituberculate (rodent-like) mammals from eastern China that lived 160 million years ago during the Jurassic period. The discovery of its type species and currently only known species ''Rugosodon eurasiaticu ...

''.

Affiliated institutes

The following institutes are affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences: *Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology (IHEG), CAGS, China *Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration *Institute of Geomechanics, CAGS, China *Institute of Geology, CAGS, China *Institute of Mineral Resources (IMR), CAGS, China *National Research Center for Geoanalysis *Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources (TIGMR), CAGS, China *Institute of Karst Geology, CAGS

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* National geological agencies Research institutes in China Scientific organizations based in China Geology of China Paleontology in China Organizations based in Beijing Research institutes established in 1956 Scientific organizations established in 1956 1956 establishments in China International Union of Geological Sciences {{China-university-stub

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