Technical Co-operation with Developing Countries
The Geological Side of Co-operation with Developing
Countries .................................................... 14
Mining Consultation and Contaminated Mining Sites in Chile ..... 17
Environmental Geology in Town and Regional Planning in
Malawi ....................................................... 21
Geological Mapping - a Vital Contribution to the Protection
of Environmental Resources and Improving Living
Conditions - an Example from Yemen ........................... 25
Energy Resources
Energy Resources - the Backbone of an Economy .................. 30
Magnetotelluric Surveys in the North German Basin - a New
Tool for Deep Gas Exploration ................................ 33
Gas Hydrates and Free Gas - an Example from the Continental
Margin of Northwest Borneo, Malaysia ......................... 35
How Long will the Oil Reserves Last?
A Wrongly Formulated Question for an Obvious Problem ......... 37
Back to the Underground - a Contribution to Reducing CO2
Emissions .................................................... 39
Water
Water - the Most Widespread Natural Resource and Essential
for Life ..................................................... 44
Nitrate in Groundwater in Southern Africa - a Problem for
Drinking Water Supplies ...................................... 48
Hydrogeological Base Map (HÜK 200) - a Foundation for the
Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive ..... 50
Improving Groundwater Protection in the Kabul Basin,
Afghanistan .................................................. 53
Geotechnical Safety / Permanent Disposal
Geotechnical Safety - Who is Responsible? ...................... 58
Disposal of Radioactive Waste .................................. 60
Underground Caverns ............................................ 63
Earthquake Protection of Interim Storage Facilities
at Nuclear Power Stations .................................... 65
National Seismological Data Centre / Comprehensive Nuclear
Test Ban Treaty
Listening for Peace - What is the CTBT? ........................ 68
BGR - Control Institution for Monitoring Compliance with the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ........................ 71
Commissioning and Certification of IS27 and AS035 in the
Antarctic .................................................... 73
Geological Hazards
Geological Hazards - Unforeseeable Fate? ....................... 78
Monitoring Mud Volcanoes in Azerbaijan ......................... 80
Latest Results on the Galeras Eruption in August 2004 .......... 81
The Southeast Asian Submarine Earthquake ....................... 82
Geological Hazards Indonesia ................................... 84
Protection of the Geoenvironment and Georesources
Working for the Environment - Protection of the
Geoenvironment and Georesources .............................. 88
Confirmation of Hydrocarbon Contamination in Soil -
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing ................................. 90
Investigation of Landfills and Contaminated Sites -
Environmental Protection in Thailand ......................... 91
Environmental Risks of Mine Dumps in Botswana .................. 93
Modern Analytical Methods - Quantitative and Qualitative
Description of Active Surface Areas in Environmental
Samples ...................................................... 94
Soil
Soil - Vital for Life, Economic Resource, and in Need of
Protection ................................................... 98
Soil Regions Map of the European Union and Adjacent
Countries 1:5.000.000 ....................................... 100
Seepage Water Prognosis for Inorganic Contaminants Biennial
Report BGR 2003/2004 ........................................ 106
Mineral Resources
Mineral Resources - One of Mankind's Basic Needs .............. 110
Oxidised Platinum Ores ........................................ 112
Quartz Round Robin for German Mining Law
(§ 3 Bundesberggesetz, BBergG) .............................. 113
Identifying Wyoming Bentonites Using Infrared Spectroscopy
as a Fast Method ............................................ 114
Testing the SER Method on Ceramic Clays ....................... 115
Microanalysis - High-Tech Methods Back up Classical Field
Work ........................................................ 117
Marine and Polar Exploration
What is the Point of Carrying out Research in Polar Regions
and Marine Environments? .................................... 120
BGR's North Sea Project - Geo Database for the German
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) ............................... 122
New Information on the Opening History of the South
Atlantic - Marine Geophysical Surveys along the
Continental Margin of South Africa .......................... 124
CASE 8, Ellesmere Island - Vendom Fiord ....................... 126
Permafrost in Canada .......................................... 130
German Activities within the International Ocean Drilling
Programme (IODP) - Co-ordinated by BGR ...................... 131
Special Topic "Climate"
Climate, Kyoto and Carbon Dioxide ............................. 134
Special Topic "Geothermal Energy"
Power Generation from the Depths of the Earth ................. 144
Special Topic "Public Relations"
Geosciences for Society ....................................... 150
BGR Special
The Commission of Geoinformation Business Set up - BGR
Operating GIW Management Office ............................. 155
BGR Professional Training Initiative .......................... 156
Facts and Figures ............................................. 157
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