Blue Transition: North Sea Region in climate change
funded by the EU

75 years of Geophysics at LIAG
to the jubilee

DESMEX-REAL: Exploring ore deposits using a novel method
-funded by the Federal Ministry of Eduction and Research

 

Neotectonic development of the Osning lineament
funded by the German Research Foundation

MoreSpin - Development of a mobile NMR sensor
-funded by German Research Foundation

 

Research Report 2023 online

The new research report presents a selection of LIAG project activities in the context of geophysical research into groundwater, geohazards, geothermal energy and climate and landscape change. The English translation is ongoing and will be published soon.

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News

Researchers in the EU Blue Transition project meet politicians and stakeholders in the Netherlands

Partner meeting with policy week in the EU project Blue Transition (Interreg North Sea Programme) in Assen, Denmark, end of March! The project partners, climate experts, policy makers and stakeholder representatives could discuss the different sustainable strategies of the 16 pilots in six countries on how we can deal with the impacts of climate change in terms of groundwater and soil management in the North Sea region. 

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Temperature overview in the geothermal portal GeotIS

Updated start page: With a new temperature-depth controller, the temperatures and thus the potential for geothermal energy in various regions in Germany can now be viewed easily, user-friendly and individually on the main map. The new function was developed as part of the ArtemIS project.

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Near-surface geothermal energy in Germany: first traffic light map in GeotIS shows potential for geothermal probes

Wo gibt es Erstinformationen zu den Nutzungspotenzialen und zum Einstieg in die Geothermie? Forschende des LIAG und der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (UGOE) stellen im Geothermischen Informationssystem GeotIS mögliche geothermische Ressourcen dar und zeigen mit Überblickkarten nach Ampelsystem auf, wo Erdwärmesonden zum Heizen und Kühlen von Gebäuden eingebaut werden können. 

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LIAG celebrates 75 years of geophysics in Hanover

Researchers at LIAG and its predecessor institutions have been using applied geophysical methods to explore the near-surface and usable subsurface for 75 years and are constantly developing measurement and evaluation methods. Around 130 invited guests, including Lower Saxony's Environment Minister Christian Meyer and State Secretary in Lower Saxony's Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport, Building and Digitalisation, Frank Doods, took part in the anniversary celebrations on 15 November 2023.

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Safety - Analysis of the Aller valley fault zone in Germany

Studies are increasingly showing that fault systems in areas of slow deformation such as northern Europe can also cause strong earthquakes, even if they do not exhibit any seismicity. Faults that are millions of years old in particular surprise us with relatively unexpected earthquakes. In the new DFG project SAFETY, the near-surface fault structure of the Allertal fault system near Hämelhausen and Lehringen in Lower Saxony is being analyzed using shear wave seismics, which have been further developed at LIAG, and georadar. The Aller fault zone is one of the longest old faults in northern Germany.

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TONIA: Nutrient management in agriculture

The aim of the joint project is to optimise nutrient management on arable soils. As the soil is very specific, the areas are measured geoelectrically. LIAG is responsible for analysing the geoelectric data. The conductivity maps are converted into 3D soil texture maps with the help of reference measurements. 

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