Digital Geological Mapping to Facilitate Field Data Collection, Integration, and Map Production in Zhoukoudian, China

Autor: Xinqing Wang, Jianguo Chen, Chengbin Wang
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
PRB model
Technology
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
QH301-705.5
Process (engineering)
QC1-999
field geological survey
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
Field (computer science)
General Materials Science
Biology (General)
digital geological mapping
QD1-999
Instrumentation
ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Data collection
business.industry
Physics
Process Chemistry and Technology
General Engineering
InformationSystems_DATABASEMANAGEMENT
Information technology
Zhoukoudian
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Geologic map
Data science
Toolbox
Computer Science Applications
Chemistry
Workflow
cross-section survey
Geological survey
digital geological survey system
TA1-2040
business
Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 5041, p 5041 (2021)
Applied Sciences
Volume 11
Issue 11
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app11115041
Popis: The development of innovative information technologies has improved the geological mapping process through the use of smart and portable equipment to collect field data, build a geological database and produce geological maps. This revolution has also brought great influence and challenges to practical training in field geology. In this paper, we present our workflow and application of the Digital Geological Survey System (DGSS) during field geology training for undergraduates in Zhoukoudian. The DGSS employs a Point-Routing-Boundary (PRB) model to reform the methods of geological section survey and geological mapping in terms of data collection and map-making and provides a pipelined solution from field data collection to map-making. The experiences of data collection, geological mapping, cross-section survey, and production of stratigraphic histograms and cross-section maps prove that DGSS can save time and reduce labor intensity for undergraduates during learning field geology. Based on the field practice of undergraduates in Zhoukoudian, the influence of the DGSS in promoting field geological teaching and the students’ feedbacks to DGSS are discussed. Overall, the DGM system is more popular than the conventional notebook and toolbox. The experience in Zhoukoudian proves that digital devices are efficient and useful for geological practical training of field geology for undergraduates.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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