= 30
17 - PATENTS 18 - TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
19 - ENVIRONMENT 20 - RESEARCH PROJECTS
Fields included in GEOFIZ
The following fields have been assigned to GEOFIZ:
+ geosciences,
+ physical geography,
* surveying,
* hydrogeology and water management,
+ mining,
+
marine technology.
The relationship of other fields related to those covered by GEOFIZ is shown
in Fig.l. The fields listed within the oval are covered by GEOFIZ. Other in-
formation centers are responsible for the fields shown around the ring.
THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATED FIELDS
TO THE WORK OF CEOFIZ
METALLURGY
GEOGRAPHY
: CHEMISTRY
MINING
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
NDUSTRIAL MINERALS
PETROGRAP
MINERALOGY
GEOCHEMISTRY
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
NIIS GEOPHYSICS GEOLOGY E00
STRAT GRAPHY
TECHNOLOGY SOIL SCIENCES
NGINEERING GEOLOGY TECTONICS
ENGINEERING f BOGLANDS. MOORLANDS
AND PEAT
AGRICULTURE
FORESTRY
MARINE GEOLOGY j
MARINE TECHNOLOGY HYDROGE OLOGY
HYDROLOGY
MARINE RESEARCH BIOLOGY
WATER MANAGEMENT
(TECHN. ASPECTS)
Figure 1
To cover the fields of geosciences, mining, and water management, GEOFIZ works
with the following institutions within Germany (forming the information system):
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR);
Lower Saxony Geological Survey (NLfB)
Institute for Applied Geodesy (IfAG);
Mining Research GmbH (BF), Essen;
Documentation Center for Water (DZW);
Society of German Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (GDMB).
+ + + + + +
Responsibilities of GEOFIZ
The tasks of the information center can be summarized as follows:
+ documentation -- in cooperation with German and foreign partners to
prevent duplication of efforts and to close gaps in the documented in-
formation;
* establishment of on-line data. banks to ensure accessibility to a wide public;
provide various information services; and
+ marketing :
+
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