Mapping with airborne geophysics

Airborne geophysics in Northern Germany, blue and green colours: during this project surveyed areas
Airborne geophysical methods have great potential in delineating subsurface information down to, e.g., 200 m depth. This information is essential for planning purposes for manifold geoscientific, economic or environmental questions, like, e.g., utilization and protection of fresh groundwater resources, land utilization or industrial planning. These data integrated into a three-dimensional geographical information system provide a perfect tool for spatial planning. Beside geological or geophysical basic information also changes of surface and subsurface data in time and space may be documented by repeated surveys. Building on previous results and knowledge a general airborne survey of the German North Sea coastal area is projected and started in 2008. Emphasis is placed on the mapping of fresh-water-saltwater interfaces, saltwater intrusions and the evaluation of the coastal aquifers as well as on the mapping of submarine freshwater discharges. With the mapping a basis for monitoring should be set up.
The surveys are conducted in close cooperation with BGR and the BGR project D–AERO: „Deutschlandweite Aerogeophysik-Befliegung zur Kartierung des nahen Untergrundes und seiner Oberfläche“.
The target areas of the survey were selected in cooperation with the State Geological Surveys.
In 2008 und 2009 the following areas were surveyed:
- Nordseeinsel Borkum
- Nordseeinsel Langeoog und westlicher Teil von Spiekeroog
- Esens
- Glückstadt
- Nordenham
Further areas were surveyed with the SkyTEM system:
- Leck
- Nordseeinsel Föhr
- Garding
- Bad Segeberg
- Testgebiet Niedersachsen und Quakenbrück
Project Management
project team
Franz BinotKlaus KühneDr. Gerlinde SchaumannDr. Annika SteuerDr. Bernhard Siemon
Duration
01.01.2008 - 31.12.2009
Sponsor
LIAG
Products & Publications
Partners
BGR
LBEG
LLUR
GLA HH
HydroGeophysics Group, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Hamburg, Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres (ICBM)




