What is a geological survey?

Geological exploration is the abbreviation of geological exploration. According to the needs of economic construction, national defense construction and the development of science and technology, geological conditions such as rocks, stratigraphic structure, minerals, groundwater and landforms in a certain area are investigated and studied with different emphasis.

According to different purposes, there are different geological exploration work. Such as mineral geological exploration with the main purpose of finding and evaluating minerals, hydrogeological exploration with the main purpose of finding and developing groundwater, and engineering geological exploration with the purpose of finding out the geological conditions of railway, bridge, reservoir and dam site.

Domain coverage

The scope of geological engineering includes: geological survey techniques and methods and mineral resources exploration and evaluation, regional mineral base and mineral prospect prediction and evaluation, exploration and development evaluation of mining areas and deposits, feasibility study and decision-making of geological engineering construction, exploration and evaluation projects, new technologies and methods of geological exploration, hydrogeology, engineering geology and environmental geology.

Prediction, evaluation, monitoring and protection of geological disasters, computer application in the study of geological structure, geological environment, geological action and geological disasters, quality inspection and design in the process of geological engineering implementation, development and application of new methods and technologies, and engineering management of geological resources and geological engineering industry.