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Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse (GEUS)
A Scandinavian - Baltic Geological Initiative

by Erik Stenestad
 
The Programme
A Syd-Norden Programme (SNP) is proposed in order to support the Economic and Environmental development in the Baltic and Skagerrak regions by the integrated use of the combined geoscientific knowledge base in the participating countries.
The programme is initiated by the geological surveys of the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden.
The Syd-Norden Programme (SNP) is inspired by the Nordic geological surveys’ Nordkalott and Mid-Norden projects. The fruitful and rewarding networking and project co-operation experienced in these projects is now being extended to all the countries bordering the Baltic Sea and Skagerrak.  
In contrast to the former projects the Syd-Norden Programme, however, is a framework under which several individual projects will be launched.
 
To prepare the SNP a preparatory study is performed May 1997 to May 1998, financed by the participating institutions internal budgets. The main objective for the preparatory study is to identify topics suitable for concrete projects to be carried out within the SNP framework programme. Information on existing data and current activities is collected to avoid duplication.
Within the Main Phase of the programme two aims are pursued:

  • Environmental aims: to support mitigation of known threats to the environment and to identify environmental time bombs
  • Economic aims: to identify new options for economical development in the Greater Baltic region

    • The relevance of the project ideas is assessed on the background of national and regional goals and priorities. 



    Project topics under consideration
    At the 1st meeting of national Contact Points August 1997 in Vilnius it was decided to study a few broadly defined topics of major importance to all the countries in the SNP region:
  • Metadatabase on the Skagerrak-Baltic region geological data. - This initiative should preferably be co-ordinated with the current GEIXS programme in co-operation with the EuroGeoSurveys, the EU Commission and the European Environmental Agency; 
  • Basin evolution and models in the Baltic Region and Skagerrak. - This project is supposed to be an important project with many sub-projects; 
  • Neotectonics and its role in geohazards. - This project will especially focus on aspects given priority in the EU 5th Framework programme / INCO -COPERNICUS. The project may include aspects of Glacial rebound and Lacustrine systems as archives of climatic and tectonic events; 
  • Mineral and energy resources in the Baltic Region and Skagerrak. - This project will include geothermal energy and will be co-ordinated with a marine geology project; 
  • Environmental aspects of the Baltic region and Skagerrak. - This project will provide a Basin wide integrated view of the interaction between natural geological and hydrological conditions, and the impacts of human activities. Aspects will be identification of natural and antropogenic harmful elements, groundwater quality, and sediment/water interface processes.

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    For further information, please contact
    Erik Stenestad
    Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)
    Øster Voldgade 10
    DK-1350 Copenhagen K
    Denmark
    e-mail: est@geus.dk

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