Dr. Carsten Schwarz Geological Survey of Lower Saxony Overview about Field Data Capture
Dr. Carsten Schwarz Situation today This Presentation will show NLfB-staff is NOT using digital instruments for field work as standard tools how we capture geological data in the field, how geological informations are described in the field (raw data), the way: raw data processing and evaluation mapping products (maps, models, reports)
Dr. Carsten Schwarz Landscape and Geol. Situation in Lower Saxony 3 Major Types of Landscape Low Mountains (up to 1000 m) Mesozoic and Paleozoic hardrocks Lowlands Quaternary and Tertiary sediments (mainly softrock, peat ) Coastal Areas, Border Islands, North Sea Shelf Quaternary, mainly Holocene sediments (Tidal flat areas, marshlands, very soft material with intercalations of peat)
Dr. Carsten Schwarz Equipment for Fieldwork Drilling by hand Auger drilling (... and other heavy equipment) Vibrocorer (... and other special equipment) Drilling platform Examples only!
Dr. Carsten Schwarz Fieldwork (per map sheet 1 : 25,000) Drillings by Hand (down to 2 m depth) Results: shallow borehole informations Evaluation of Borehole Descriptions from archives, provided by internal and external sources Results: borehole descriptions Auger Drillings (down to 50 m depth) Results: ca. 50 own auger drillings Recording of Raw Data
Dr. Carsten Schwarz Application of Raw Data All describtions of geological material in NLfB are following one key Software in „SEP3-format“ (Programm for the standarized describtion of geological layers and their lithology) (deth / stratigraphy / petrography (main; others) / genesis / colour / samples) Head informations of borehole Geological informations of borehole
Dr. Carsten Schwarz Data Set in „SEP3 - format“ ... is base for all further working steps with different software. NLfB is using the following software for processing the raw data: ArcInfo / ArcView GeODin GeoObject2 / Virgil (OpenGeo) MeMaS... other GIS - software
Dr. Carsten Schwarz Resulting Products Based on SEP - data the mentioned softwares are used as standard tools for the contructinon of Borehole Logs Maps Fenced Diagramms Profiles 3-D-Models
Dr. Carsten Schwarz Summary Reasons why we stopped our own testings with „field pc‘s“ - to heavy (esp. with extra battery packs) - weak protection against water, dust... - display to small - display not readable in sunny conditions - memory to small - fear for loss of data Decision - no digital data capture yet - watch the market - participate from neighbours experiences