Vision
Our vision is to maintain a dynamic and interconnected European 3D geological community that leverages collaborative knowledge and expertise to advance our understanding of the Earth's subsurface.
Our mission
To exchange progress, problems and solutions in our common quest to understand and communicate the 3D composition and properties of the subsurface to support science-based decision making at local, regional and national scales.
Themes
3D geological modelling addresses societal issues across number of areas and themes, in both the shallow and deep subsurface. The meetings and this website help communicate need and purpose of 3D geological modelling which include:
- 3D geological modelling of the near surface for spatial planning and the sustainable use of the urban subsurface
- 3D geological modelling for national and regional understanding resource assessment and management, e.g. basin analysis for groundwater and geoenergy resources
- 3D geological modelling for hazard assessment and mitigation, e.g. slope stability and karst susceptibility (e.g. sinkholes)
- Sustainability and decarbonisation – supporting the green transition, e.g. through CO2 storage, underground storage and harnessing geothermal energy amongst others
- Research trends and innovation in 3D geological modelling
- Software and hardware advances for 3D geological modelling
About us
At the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Minneapolis in 2011, a group of people decided it would be a good idea for the Geological Surveys of Europe to not only meet in North America, but perhaps to start their own meeting and workshop series. This was led by Holger Kessler (formerly of the British Geological Survey), Michiel van der Meulen (TNO) and Gerold Diepolder (retired - Bavarian Environment Agency). Holger, Michel and Gerold facilitated the organisation first batch of meetings between geological survey organisations beginning in Utrecht (2013), Edinburgh (2014), Wiesbaden (2016), and subsequently representatives from other geological surveys took over with meetings in their respective countries. These events were in Orléans - BRGM (2018), Bern - SwissTopo (2019) and Copenhagen - GEUS (2023).
The baton has now been passed on to the current organisers of the next meeting, the Polish Geological Institute, with the next meeting scheduled for April 2025 in Warsaw.
This website holds the abstracts, presentations and images from the meetings as well as links to resources and other groups/websites of interest.
The site is hosted by the British Geological Survey on behalf of the organisers from the Geological Surveys of Germany (SGD), the Netherlands (TNO), France (BRGM) and Great Britain (BGS), Switzerland (SwissTopo), Denmark (GEUS) and Poland (PGI).
The content of the individual presentations is subject to copyright and permission for re-production should be sought from the authors.
Meetings
The main activity of the community are the European meetings, which are held approximately every two years. The host venue rotates each time.
6th European meeting on 3D Geological Modelling.
Geological modelling for the sustainable society. Copenhagen, Denmark — May 2023.
5th European Meeting on 3D Geological Modelling.
The role of 3D geology in spatial planning. Bern, Switzerland — May 2019.
4th European meeting on 3D Geological Modelling.
Delivering subsurface models for societal challenges. Orléans, France — February 2018.
3rd European Meeting on 3D Geological Modelling.
A field trip, followed by two days of talks, discussion, demonstrations and networking. Wiesbaden, Germany — June 2016.
2nd European Meeting on 3D Geological Modelling.
To exchange progress, problems and solutions in our common quest to understand and communicate the 3D composition and properties of the subsurface to support science-based decision making. Edinburgh, UK — November 2014.
1st European Meeting on 3D Geological Modelling.
Workshop on 3D geological modelling methodologies. Utrecht, Netherlands — September 2013.
Resources
Website enquiries
Enquiries regarding the contents of this site should be directed to Ricky Terrington at the British Geological Survey.