details
- Name
- Geology service, Mapping and geoinformation
- Native name
- GEO, Bureau de Recherche Geologiques et Minieres (Orleans)
- Address
- BRGM 3 av Claude Guillemin BP 6009
- Zipcode
- 45060
- City
- ORLEANS CEDEX 2
- Country
- France
- Phone
- +33 (0)2 38 64 37 58
- Centre Website
- http://www.brgm.fr/
organisation profile
BRGM is France's leading public institution involved in the Earth Science field for the sustainable management of natural resources and surface and subsurface risks. The GEO unit of the BRGM is in charge of the diffusion of the geology products and the national Land and Marine Geology Database.
The objectives of BRGM are:
- Understand geological phenomena, develop new methodologies and techniques, and produce and disseminate pertinent, high-quality data.
- Provide public authorities with the necessary tools for drawing up policies for surface, subsurface and resource management, prevent natural risks and pollution, and regional development and planning.
BRGM has 4 main missions:
- Technological research and development, and innovation
- Policy-marketing support and informing the public
- International cooperation and assistance in development
- Safety and monitoring of former mining sites
BRGM has 10 thematic areas:
- Mapping and geoinformation
- Mineral resources
- Geothermy
- Storage of CO2
- Water
- Post-Mining
- Development planning and natural risks
- Contaminated land and waste management
- Metrology
- Digital information systems
results in other services
edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 1028
- Collating centre
- Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea (SISMER)
- Latest update
- 28 August 2009 9:50:01 AM