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The changing role of geological surveys /

Senior managers and Heads of Geological Survey Organizations (GSOs) from around the world have contributed a collection of papers to provide a benchmark on how GSOs are responding to national and international needs in a rapidly changing world. GSOs continue to provide key scientific information abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Other Authors: Hill, P. R. (Editor), Lebel, Daniel (Editor), Hitzman, Murray Walter (Editor), Smelror, Morten (Editor), Thorleifson, L. Harvey (Leonard Harvey) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : The Geological Society, 2020.
Series:Geological Society special publication ; no. 499.
Subjects:
Geological surveys.
Geological surveys
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Geology for society in 2058 : some down-to-earth perspectives / Morten Smelror
  • Geological Survey of Canada 8.0 : mapping the journey towards predictive geoscience / Daniel Lebel
  • Where is geoscience going? / John Ludden
  • Challenges for geological surveys deriving from global megatrends : the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources of Germany's perspective and answers / Ralph Watzel
  • The changing role of geologicla surveys in Malaysia / Shahar Effendi Abdullah Azizi, Nan-Ley Ling, Say-Gee Sia and Brendawati Ismail
  • Seabed mapping in Norwegian waters : programmes, technologies and future advances / Terje Thorsnes, Ole Arve Misund and Morten Smelror
  • Relevant and flexible geosurveys : how Geological Survey Ireland is adapting / Koen Verbruggen, Aoife K. Braiden, Monica Lee, Ray Scanlon, Sean Cullen and Sean Finlay
  • EuroGEoSurveys : from a non-profit association to a geological service for Europe / J. Vidovic, Y. Schavemaker, T. Witteman, J. Tulstrup, S. van Gessel, K. Piessens and S. Solar
  • The fundamental and pioneering role of the Geological Survey in China's social development / Guangsheng Yan, Liangjun Lin, Shoumai Ren and Yu Situ
  • How to demonstrate the role of geology in a modern society : the case of Lithuania, where geology is not visible / Jonas Satkunas
  • The Geological Survey of Finland strengthening its role as a key player in mineral raw materials innovation ecosystems / Pekka A. Nurmi
  • The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) : from classical geological services to long-term environmental monitoring programmes, energy transformation and advice on political sensitive topics / Flemming G. Christiansen and Flemming Larsen
  • How the Geological Survey of Sweden contributes digital data for sustainable development / Lena Soderberg, Lars-Kristian Stolen, Jakob Leven, Lovisa Zillen Snowball and Helge Reginiussen
  • Changing roles of State Geological Surveys in the USA : experiences from Illinois / Andrew J. Stumpf, Richard C. Berg and Brandon Curry
  • The modern geological survey : a model for research, innovation, synthesis : a USGS perspective / Suzette Kimball, M. Goldhaber, J. Baron and V. Labson
  • Geological surveys as research-focused organizations : New Zealnad's experience and opportunities / Mark Rattenbury, Gill Jolly, Peter Benfell and Robert Smillie
  • A new international initiative for facilitating data-driven Earth science transformation / Qiuming Cheng, Roland Oberhansli and Molei Zhao
  • From the Geological Committee of Russia to the Russian Geological Research Institute : solving problems of state geological mapping / Oleg V. Petrov
  • The UNESCO-IUGS International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) in the service of society since 1972 / K. Heirman and O. Adiyaman Lopes
  • Building the future of the geoscience community in Asia : CCOP beyond history and borders / Young Joo Lee, Dhiti Tulyatid, Marivic Uzarraga, Jisoo Kwak and Juhee Seo
  • Epilogue: The rhymes, musings and riddles of the International Community of Geological Surveys (ICOGS) / Daniel Label and Philip R. Hill.