Research interests

• uranium series geochronological dating
• alpha and gamma spectrometry, ICP-MS
• muon tomography
• geoelectrical methods

Research projects

• 2013-          Muon tomography for geophysical applications (Innovative Gaseous Detector Development Group)
• 2012-2016: Complex geochemical, paleoclimatological and tectonic investigations on continental carbonate deposits in Hungary (OTKA)
• 2011-2016: SourceSink Hungary - Quantification of mass transfer from mountain ranges to active sedimentary basins of Hungary: integrated source-to-sink studies (OTKA)
• 2005–2009: Paleoclimatology of Hungarian Holocene dripstones based on U-series dating and stable isotope analyzing (OTKA)
• 2003–2006: Development of an integrated research method for the geophysical investigation of environmental conditions in the Quaternary (OTKA)
  

Professional affiliations

• HAS Committee of Nuclear Environmental Analytics, membership since 2007,
• Society of Hungarian Geophysicist, membership since 1997,
• Hungarian Cave and Karst Research Society, membership since 1989,

Válogatott publikációk

Oláh L., Barnaföldi G. G., Hamar G., Melegh H., Surányi G., Varga D. (2013): Cosmic Muon Detection for Geophysical Applications. Advances In High Energy Physics 2013: Paper 560192. 7 p.        

Oláh L., Barnaföldi G. G., Hamar G., Melegh H., Surányi G., Varga D. (2012): CCC-based muon telescope for examination of natural caves. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods And Data Systems 1:(2) pp. 229-234.         

Szanyi Gy., Surányi G., Leél-Őssy Sz. (2012): Cave development and Quaternary uplift history in the Central Pannonian Basin derived from speleothem ages. Quaternary Geochronology 14 pp. 18-25.        

Barnaföldi G. G., Hamar G., Melegh H., Oláh L., Surányi G., Varga D. (2012): Portable cosmic muon telescope for environmental applications Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Volume: 689 Pages: 60-69.      

Leél-Őssy Sz., Szanyi Gy., Surányi G. (2011): Minerals and Speleothems of the József-hegy cave (Budapest, Hungary). International Journal of Speleology 40 (2), p.:191-203.        

Surányi G., Dombrádi E., Leél-Őssy Sz. (2010): Contribution of Geophysical Techniques to the Exploration of the Molnár János cave (Budapest, Hungary). Acta Carsologica 39/3 p.:565-576.        

Varga Zs., Surányi G. (2009): Detection of previous neutron irradiation and reprocessing of uranium materials for nuclear forensic purposes. Applied Radiation and Isotopes Vol. 67, Issue 4, April 2009 p.: 516-522.        

Gy. Szeidovitz, G. Surányi, K. Gribovszki, Z. Bus, Sz. Leél-Őssy, Zs. Varga (2008): Estimation of an upper limit on prehistoric peak ground acceleration using the parameters of intact speleothems is Hungarian caves. Journal of Seismology Vol.12, Issue 1, p.:21-33.       

Zs. Varga, G. Surányi (2007): Production date determination of uranium-oxide materials by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Anal. Chimica Acta 599, p.:16-23.         

Varga, Z., G. Surányi, N. Vajda, Z. Stefánka (2007): Assessment of possible sources of artificial long-lived radionuclides in environmental samples by measurement of isotopic composition. Environmental Radiochemical Analysis III, edited by Peter Warwick p.:68-76. Published by The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK ISBN: 978-0-85404-263-0.