In beautiful November weather, the Environmental Geophysics Working Group successfully held this year's field days for the bachelor's module ‘Geophysical Data Analysis and Field Exercise’. As part of the event, prospective geophysicists from the University of Bonn gained their first practical experience with the various geophysical measurement methods used for non-invasive exploration of the subsurface.
On the grounds of the University of Bonn's Frankenforst experimental farm, the basic work processes were first explained by members of the working group and then practised and internalised by the students.
On the third day of the event, it was time for the real thing: scientists from the Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology are searching for a Roman well in the Düren area, which is marked on old maps but whose exact location is unknown. In preparation for possible archaeological investigations and excavations, the students were now able to put their newly acquired skills to the test and support the search for the Roman well by recording a high-resolution, geoelectric 3D data set.
After three days, an exciting field event came to an end, and we at the Geophysics Working Group are already looking forward to next year. Maybe you'll be there too?
