QATAR GEOLOGICAL MAPPING PROJECT – PHASE II (TC-B-84-2459-2022)

Ref.No: 62423900
Start date: 12.02.2024
End date: 11.02.2027
Approval date: 09.02.2024
Department: MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
Sector: GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Financier: SURVEY TECHNOLOGIES (STS)
Budget: 347.674,68 €
Public key: 9ΔΥΞ46ΨΖΣ4-67Φ
Scientific Responsible: Prof. LOUPASAKIS
Email: cloupasakis@metal.ntua.gr
Description: THE QATAR GEOLOGICAL MAPPING PROJECT (PHASE II) WILL BE SET TO PROVIDE A SUITE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT GIVES ACCESS TO SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE PENINSULA OF QATAR AND ITS SURROUNDING ISLANDS. THE PRIMARY AND NEWLY ACQUIRED DATA SETS WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH NUMEROUS GEODATABASES AND APPROPRIATE GIS LAYERS SHOWING EXTENTS OF EXISTING DATA COVERAGE. SUCH DATASETS INCLUDE CARTOGRAPHIC DATASETS AND BASE MAPS, STANDALONE OR STUDY SPECIFIC HYDROGEOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, GEOPHYSICAL, REMOTE SENSING DATASETS/DATABASES, BATHYMETRIC DATA, MARINE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY REPORTS AND DATA, OFFSHORE MATERIALS INVESTIGATION REPORTS AND DATA, NEARSHORE/OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORTS AND DATA, SEAFLOOR/SUBSTRATE SAMPLING (BOREHOLES, SEDIMENT SAMPLES, VIBRACORES, ETC.), MM GEOTECHNICAL RELATIONAL DATABASE (GRDB); AND SEVERAL OTHER SOURCES OF GEOSPATIAL DATA PROVIDED BY THE STATE OF QATAR. ALL ABOVE DATA SETS WILL BE INTRODUCED AT A NEWLY DESIGNED COMPREHENSIVE GEOSCIENCE DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CGDMS) IN THE FORM OF VECTOR OR RASTER INFORMATION.
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