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Activity report Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources 2011

Titelblatt des Tätigkeitsberichts 2011 der BGR

BGR’s work is gaining in importance and is increasingly in the public eye. The media are focusing ever more on current issues such as the final disposal of high-level radioactive waste, Germany’s supply of mineral and energy resources, or the exploration of the polar regions. Other subjects include soil, groundwater, geohazard analysis, earthquake monitoring and international cooperation.

This activity report is a special issue. Unlike its predecessors, it is an annual report in German and English. From next year, the activity report and the research report “ResOURce”, both published biannually up to now, will appear as one publication containing even more up-to-date information on the activities and responsibilities of BGR.

The bilingual 2011 activity report provides a detailed overview of all expeditions, research findings, projects and events of the past year. BGR’s wide range of topics of current interest – from the creation of a storage catalogue for the deeper subsurface to a set of technical rules for the assessment of soils in pipeline and cable planning or to a study on German mining activities abroad. This report will keep you up to date with national and international geoscience issues. It will also tell you about our projects in Africa, Asia and South America and about the challenges BGR employees take on.

The report emphasises the importance and pioneering nature of BGR‘s work for society and future generations.

A brief overview on important top themes:

  • Energy resources
    GeneSys: An artificial heat exchanger for producing geothermal energy
    Thermal remote sensing in Kenya’s Rift Valley
    NIKO: Oil and gas potential from shales
  • Mineral resources
    INDEX: Metal resources in the deep sea
    Study “Deutscher Auslandsbergbau” published
  • Groundwater
    Helicopter surveys for the CLIWATproject
    New global groundwater map at the scale of 1:50 Million
    Groundwater comic for primary school children in Paraguay
  • Soil
    New procedure to assess soil ability for cable laying and pipeline construction
    Soil regions in Europe
    Mobility of silver nanoparticles in soils
  • Final Disposal of Radioactive Waste
    Georadar method used in Gorleben
    BGR coordinates EU project on waste repositories
  • Subsurface Use, Geological Storage of CO2
    Storage Catalogue of Germany
    Methods for monitoring underwater gas leakages
  • Geoscientific Information and Principles
    IQUAME: Development of a European Quaternary geological information system
    Linking geodata: interoperability adds value
  • Nuclear Test Ban, Risk Analysis
    Earthquake safety at german power station sites
    BGR models transport of radioactivity in the atmosphere
    Geohazard Assessment in Northern Pakistan
  • National/International Geoscientific Cooperation
    Proof of origin for mineral resources from Africa
    Certificates for responsible supply chains
    GIRAF: Geoscience information to improve quality of life in Africa
  • Polar Research
    CASE: New findings on the development of the Arctic Ocean
    GEA I and II: Emergence and disappearance of a supercontinent

The Activity Report is free and can be obtained from: info@geozentrum-hannover.de

Download:

Biennial Report of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources 2011 (PDF, 15 MB)


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Fax: +49 (0)511-643-3685

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