Gergana Panayotova Bakalova – Geologist

Gergana Panayotova BAKALOVA, Dipl. Geol., Ing.

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Date and place of Birth:
21.01.1966, Sofia
Address:
Sofia 1712, Mladost III, bl. 330A, ent.2

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

  • 2005 – 2006: PhD Student, Institute of Geology of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. PhD study on hydrothermal deposits, especially Petelovo deposit
  • 1991–1993: Postgraduate specialization “Petrology of Igneous, Metamorphic and Metasomatic Rocks”, St. Ivan Rilski University of Mining and Geology
  • 1990–M.Sc. “Geology and Prospecting of Mineral Deposits”: St. Ivan Rilski University of Mining and Geology

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • 2011-2014: Geologist at Geotechmin Ltd
  • 2006-2008: Expert in the Ministry of Regional Development;
  • 2004: Consultant in the Ministry of Regional Development;
  • 1996–2001: Participation in team work for Navan Mineral and Mining Company Bulgaria AD and Balkan Mineral and Mining AD.

 

FIELD OF INTERESTS:

  • Genesis and Evaluation of Gold-bearing Deposits

 

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Bakalova, G. 2002. Factors Determining the Alpine Gold-Bearing Potential of the West Srednogorie, Central Srednogorie and West Balkan tectonic zones. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 9, 7-8, pp. 19-26. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2002. Notes about the Gold-Bearing Potential of the Hercynian Volcano-Intrusive Complexes of the West Balkan Moutains. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 9, 10. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2002. Changes of the Petrographic Composition of the Gravel Clasts along the Iskar River from its Springs to the Balkan Mountains: I. Characteristics. – Rev. Bulg. Geol. Soc., 63, 1-3, pp. 35-42. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2004. Changes of the Petrographic Composition of the Gravel Clasts along the Iskar River from its Springs to the Balkan Mountains: II. Reasons. – Rev. Bulg. Geol. Soc., 65, 1-3, pp. 19-24. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2004. Factors Determining the Gold-bearing Capacity of the Ore Mineralisations in Part of the Strouma River’s Catchment Basin within the Kjustendil and Blagoevgrad Districts – Geology and Mineral Resources, 11, 7-8, pp. 17-22. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2005. Brief Review of the Conceptions on the Evolution of an Ore-Metasomatic Process. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 12, 7-8, pp. 5-11. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2006. Origin and Evolution of the Iskar River Valley. – Rev. Bulg. Geol. Soc., 67, 1-3, pp. 64-71. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2007. Petrographic Composition and Resistance of the Gravel Clasts of the Current Alluvium within the Blagoevgrad Graben. – Rev. Bulg. Geol. Soc., 68, 1-3, pp. 107-119. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2007. Comparison of the Wall-rock Alteration Types within the Analogous Petelovo and Kominsko Choukarche Porphyry-Copper Deposits – IV International Symposium “Mineral Diversity - Reseach and Preservation”, Earth and Man National Museum, pp. 41-52.
  • Bakalova, G. 2009. Gold-Bearing Potential of the Alluvium within the Iskar River’s Catchment Basin Between the Town of Samokov and the Village of Kokalyane (Poster) – National Geosciences Conference
  • Bakalova, G. 2010. Occurrence of the Advanced Argillic Alteration Type within the Petelovo Gold-Bearing Deposit – Geology and Mineral Resources, 17, 7-8, pp. 4-10.
  • Bakalova, G. 2010. Gold-Bearing Potential of the Alluvium within the Louda Yana and Topolnitsa Rivers’ Catchment Basins – Geology and Mineral Resources, 17, 9, pp. 31-36. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2010. Suitability for Byproduct Gold Recovery of the Gravel Pits within the Catchment Basins of the Louda Yana and Topolnitsa Rivers – Geology and Mineral Resources, 17, 10, pp. 26-30. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2011. Differentiation Between Endogenous and Exogenous Kaolinite within the Petelovo Gold-Bearing Deposit. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 18, 1-2, pp. 48-51. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2011. Geomorphological Reasons for the Concentration of Placer Gold in the Alluvium in Part of the Strouma River’s Catchment Basin within the Kjustendil and Blagoevgrad Districts. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 18, 7-8, pp. 16-20. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2012. Gold-bearing Potential of the Alluvium along the Razmetanitsa River and the Lower Course of the Djerman River. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 19, 1-2, pp. 40-41. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2012. Paleographic Development Determining the Distibution of Noble Metals' Minerals in the Deposits from the Malyovitsa Part of Rila Mountain to the End of the Samokov Field. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 19, 7-8, pp. 43-47. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2013. Gold-Bearing Potential of the Alluvium in Part of the Iskar River’s Valley within the Sofia District – Geology and Mineral Resources, 20, 1-2, pp. 24-26. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2013. Notes Regarding the Calculation of the Reserves of an Alluvial Gold Placer in Bulgaria. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 20, 5, pp. 26-28. (in Bulgarian (see https://auprospector.com//category/публикации/) with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2013. Diversity of the Assemblages of Heavy Minerals along the Vedena River, the Lower Course of the Yagoulya River and their Right Tributaries within Plana Mountain. - VII International Symposium "Mineral Diversity - Reseach and Preservation", Earth and Man National Museum, pp. 53-56.
  • Bakalova, G. 2014. The Peklyuk River's Gorge of Viskyar Mountain. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 21, 4, pp. 38-39. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2014. Bizarre Rock Shapes on the Ridges of Central Sredna Gora Mountain. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 21, 7-8, pp. 21-23. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2015. Garvanov Kamak Rock Formation Near the Village of Starosel. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 22, 1-2, pp. 22-23. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2015. Sechen Kamak Rock Formation on a Valley Slope of the Topolnisha river by the Village of Petrich. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 22, 3, pp. 38-40. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2015. Relationship between the Supergene Processes and Concentration of Placer Gold within the Grabens on the Northern and Western Periphery of Rila Mountain. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 22, 7-8, pp. 14-17. (in Bulgarian (see https://auprospector.com//category/публикации/) with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2015. Influence of the Diversity of Secondary Minerals on the Preservation of the Volcanic Edifices in the Southernmost Part of Central Sredna Gora Mountain. – VIII International Symposium "Mineral Diversity - Research and Preservation", Earth and Man National Museum
  • Bakalova, G. 2016. Ten Steps to Determine an Ore-Metasomatic Process. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 23, 3, pp. 28-29. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2017. Diversity of Heavy Mineals along the Kopriven and Orehovishka rivers of Vlahina mountain. (Poster) – IX International Symposium "Mineral Diversity – Research and Preservation", Earth and Man National Museum, pp. 68-71.
  • Bakalova,G. 2018. Bizarre Rock Shapes in the South-Western Part of Sofia Mountain. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 25, 6, pp. 41-43. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2018. Bizarre Rock Shapes North of the Village of Matenitsa. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 25, 9-10, pp. 42-44. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2019. Importance of the Study of the Petrographic Composition of Gravel Clasts within Alluvial Deposits – Geology and Mineral Resources, 26, 1, pp. 30-32. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2019. Features in the Distribution of Heavy Minerals in the Fluvioglacial Deposits along the Cherni Iskar River and its Right Tributaries within the Malyovitsa Part of Rila Mountain. (Poster) – X International Symposium "Mineral Diversity – Research and Preservation", Earth and Man National Museum, pp. 59-62.
  • Bakalova, G. 2019. Transportation of Clasts in a Fluvial Environment - a Brief Review – Geology and Mineral Resources, 26, 7-8, pp. 36-37. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2019. Orientation of Gravels in Coarse-Clastic Deposits – Geology and Mineral Resources, 26, 9-10, pp. 19-22. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2020. Types of gold-bearing alluvial deposits occuring at the successive stages in the development of a river valley. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 27, 4-5, pp. 28-30. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2020. Relationships Between the Straher Stream Order and the Gold-Bearing Potential of the Alluvial Deposits within the Catchment Basin of the Iskar river from its Springs to the Sofia field. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 27, 8, pp. 32-33. (in Bulgarian with English abstract) 
  • Bakalova, G. 2020. Djerman pyramids. –  Geology and Mineral Resources, 27, 9-10, pp. 39-40.  (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2021. Zemen Gorge. – Geology and Mineral Resources, 28, 2-3, pp. 32-33. (in Bulgarian with English abstract) 
  • Bakalova, G. 2021. Petrographic composition of gravel clasts in the proluvium at the northwestern foot of Rila mountain. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 28, 4-5, pp. 36-38. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2021. Probable Genetic Model of the Petelovo deposit – Geology and Mineral Resources, 28, 6-7, pp. 37-38. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2021. Kresna Gorge. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 28, 8, pp. 38-40. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2021. Description of a valley section. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 28, 9-10, pp. 38-40. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2022. The Dracoul River Canyon. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 29, 1, pp. 35-37. (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. 2026. Garvan Kamak Rock Formation Near the Village of Novi Han. - Geology and Mineral Resources, 1 (in Bulgarian with English abstract) 
  • Bakalova,G. 2026. Zlatishki waterfall and landmarks near it. - Geology and Minersl Resources, 8, 20-22 (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova,G. Portata bizarre rock shape on the Septemvriyski Rid Ridge of Ihtimanska Sredna Gora mountain. - Geology and Minersl Resources (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G. Karst Landscape Near the Lyulyaka Hut in the Mala Planina Mountain. - Geology and Mineral Resources (in Bulgarian with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G., G. Ajdanlijsky, A. Bozkova. 2003. Application of Archaelogical Data for Modeling of Fluvial Accumulation. – In: Fouache, E. (Ed.) “The Mediterranenean World: Environment and History”. Elsevier, pp. 275-284. (in English with English abstract)
  • Bakalova, G., G. Ajdanlijsky. 2003. A Model of Fluvial Accumulation Located after a Gorge. – 50 years St. Ivan Rilski University of Mining and Geology, 46, 1. Geology and Geophysics, pp. 7-12. (in Bulgarian), pp. 13-18. (in English with English abstract) 

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