Bjarni E. Pjetursson

University of Iceland

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Martin Hansen

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

Mikael Pedersen

Petroleum Geo-Services (United Kingdom)

Jørgen Tulstrup

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

Christian Brogaard Pedersen

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

Lars Ole Boldreel

University of Copenhagen

R. Hernández Manchado

Universidad de Salamanca

Heather Stewart

University of Western Australia

Maria Judge

Geological Survey of Ireland

Lars Kristensen

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

Andrea Fiorentino

Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale

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Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

University of Copenhagen

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

United States Geological Survey

Geocenter Denmark

British Geological Survey

Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale

Geological Survey of Finland

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Instituto Geográfico Nacional

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Free, online Danish shallow geological data

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin (2011)

Martin Hansen Bjarni E. Pjetursson

Geological data at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) have been available on the internet for more than 10 years. The first step in making geological data available online was the launch of web access to data from water supply wells (Tulstrup 2004). The database is called Jupiter, and currently data from more than 260 000 shallow wells are available to the public. Figure 1 shows an example of a map from the Jupiter database available in a web-browser. The first web access was via a text-based search form which supplied data lists and graphical well reports. In recent years, the interface has been extended with more data, map interfaces and extra functionality. This paper describes this development and illustrates the increasing value of the digital data at GEUS.

Geological survey

Danish

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10.34194/geusb.v23.4842

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A WebGIS portal for exploration of deep geothermal energy based on geological and geophysical data

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin (2016)

Henrik Vosgerau Anders Mathiesen Morten Sparre Andersen Lars Ole Boldreel Morten Leth Hjuler

The Danish subsurface contains deep geothermal resources which may contribute for hundreds of years to the mixed Danish energy supply (Mathiesen et al. 2009). At present only a limited fraction of these resources are utilised in three existing geothermal power plants in Thisted, Margretheholm and Sønderborg (Fig. 1) where warm formation water is pumped to the surface from a production well and, after heat extraction, returned to the subsurface in injection wells (Fig. 2). Deep geothermal energy has the advantage of being a sustainable and environmentally friendly energy source which is furthermore independent of climate and seasonal variations, in contrast to wind and solar energy. The implementation of deep geothermal energy for district heating replacing conventional energy sources, especially coal and oil, may thus lead to a considerable reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases. There are therefore good reasons to include geothermal energy as a central component in Denmark’s future supply of energy for district heating. Furthermore, heat-demanding industries may consider the possibility to integrate geothermal energy and energy storage in their production process. In order to facilitate the use of geothermal energy, a broad majority in the Danish parliament has granted financial support for initiatives within the geothermal field (Energy policy agreement of March 22, 2012). The present paper deals with one of the outcomes of this agreement, namely a WebGIS portal with an overview of existing and interpreted geological and geophysical data. This will be relevant for all stakeholders in the exploration of deep geothermal resources in the Danish subsurface. The portal focuses on geothermal reservoirs within the 800–3000 m depth interval and provides an overview of the amount and quality of existing geodata, the geological composition of the subsurface, and interpreted thematic products such as geological maps of potential geothermal reservoirs. A comprehensive map from the portal showing onshore and nearoffshore locations where the geological conditions are potentially suitable for extraction of deep geothermal energy in Denmark is shown in Fig. 1. Many of the thematic maps are outcomes of the project The geothermal energy potential in Denmark – reservoir properties, temperature distribution and models for utilization under the programme Sustainable Energy and Environment funded by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation.

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10.34194/geusb.v35.4633

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The European Geological Data Infrastructure EGDI

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) (2016)

Jørgen Tulstrup Agnès Tellez-Arenas Mikael Pedersen François Robida Bjarni E. Pjetursson

The development of a European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI) is a high priority of EuroGeoSurveys (the Association of the European Geological Surveys) as one of the instruments for providing a European Geological Service through a joint effort of the national geological surveys. EGDI, which has been has been described in a scoping study, funded by the European Commission through the FP7 project EGDI-Scope (http://www.egdi-scope.eu/), is now becoming a reality. The first version of a web-portal has been launched in June, giving access to a number of pan-European geological data sets created during previous data harmonization projects as well as to a very large number of national data sets from the European Geological Surveys. This Infrastructure will enable European Geological Surveys to serve and maintain INSPIRE-compliant, interoperable geological data and information reflecting our understanding of the subsurface. This first implementation is a basic starting point comprising a number of key datasets, but over the time EGDI will develop to become the central junction for all relevant pan-European interoperable, harmonised geological information aimed at stakeholders from policy, industry and the general public. Subsequent extensions of the EGDI will be based on results from past, current and future EU-projects. EGDI will give access to data sets produced and maintained by geological surveys and other institutions that produce similar data. EGDI targets a wide range of public and private users who need reliable information about the subsurface at a European scale to address the major social and economic challenges that Europe is facing, such as reliable water, energy and mineral resources supply, mitigation of natural hazards, etc. EGDI will also be the gateway to provide geological data to EPOS (European Plate Observing System), thereby contributing to reinforcement of geoscientific knowledge for solid earth science research.

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European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI) – making European geological data accessible

K.L. Anthonsen Jørgen Tulstrup Martin Hansen Bjarni E. Pjetursson Mikael Pedersen

Summary European planning is required to accommodate for the increasing need of resources and to enlarge knowledge about preventing effects of climate changes. Consequently, access to pan-European geological data are becoming increasingly important. Data and knowledge from many European geological research projects are not always publicly accessible, and EU among others wishes to harmonise and integrate geological data from these projects to ensure public accessibility to the growing amount of geological data. One of the central pillars in the EuroGeoSurveys (EGS) strategy is harmonization and sharing of pan-European geological data and research results, and the concrete result of this is the European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI), and the first version was launched in 2016. The EGDI platform is a collection of applications managed by various partners from the national and regional Geological Survey Organisations (GSO). EGDI gives access to pan-European geological datasets and services to the wider European research and digital landscape by connecting to infrastructures and other geodata related platforms. At present, the EGDI platform is expanded with data and results from the GeoERA research projects and further development is planned as part of the Horizon Europe CSA Call to support further harmonisation and access to European geological data.

10.3997/2214-4609.202239063

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Discovering Europe's seabed geology: the EMODnet concept of uniform collection and harmonization of marine data

Geological Society London Special Publications (2020)

Henry Vallius Aarno Kotilainen Kristine Asch Andrea Fiorentino Maria Judge

Abstract Maritime spatial planning, management of marine resources, environmental assessments and forecasting all require good seabed maps. Similarly there is a need to support the objectives to achieve Good Environmental Status in Europe's seas by 2020, set up by the European Commission's Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Hence the European Commission established the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) programme in 2009, which is now in its fourth phase (2019–21). The programme is designed to assemble existing, but fragmented and partly inaccessible, marine data and to create contiguous and publicly available information layers which are interoperable and free of restrictions on use, and which encompass whole marine basins. The EMODnet Geology project is delivering integrated geological map products that include seabed substrates, sedimentation rates, seafloor geology, Quaternary geology, geomorphology, coastal behaviour, geological events such as submarine landslides and earthquakes, and marine mineral occurrences. Additionally, as a new product during the ongoing and preceding phase of the project, map products on submerged landscapes of the European continental shelf have been compiled at various time frames. All new map products have a resolution of 1:100 000, although finer resolution is presented where the underlying data permit. A multi-scale approach is adopted whenever possible. Numerous national seabed mapping programmes worldwide have demonstrated the necessity for proper knowledge of the seafloor. Acting on this, the European Commission established the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) programme in 2009. The national geological survey organizations of Europe have a strong network of marine geological teams through the Marine Geology Expert Group of the association of European geological surveys (Eurogeosurveys). This network was the foundation of the EMODnet Geology consortium which today consists of the national geological surveys of Finland, the UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Russia, Germany, Montenegro and Iceland, as well as marine teams of research organizations in Portugal (IPMA), Bulgaria (IO-BAS), Romania (GeoEcoMar), the UK (CEFAS), Greece (HCMR) and Ukraine (PSRGE, replaced in the fourth phase by Institute of Geological Sciences, NAS of Ukraine). The consortium is further strengthened with experts from six universities: Edge Hill University (UK), Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), University of Tartu (Estonia), University of Crete through FORTH-ICS, Institute of Marine Science and Technology of Dokuz Eylul University (Turkey), and EMCOL Research Centre of Istanbul Technical University – altogether, 30 partners and nine subcontractors. The EMODnet Geology programme is now in its fourth phase, which started in September 2019. In addition to geological information, the wider EMODnet programme aims to also bring together information from European seas on seabed habitats, physical properties, chemistry, biology, human activities and hydrography. This paper describes the EMODnet Geology project and the different end products which were delivered in the end of the third phase and will be further developed during the recent fourth phase of the project.

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Marine geology

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Marine Spatial Planning

Marine protected area

10.1144/sp505-2019-208

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Review of Survey activities 2010: Free, online Danish shallow geological data

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (2011)

Martin Hansen Bjarni E. Pjetursson

Danish

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