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Adventure @ Work: GEO-MRI | NMR round trip through the Wild West
Ahead of me: Almost 4,000 miles on the road, criss-crossing the western part of this vast, crazy country, alone in a big truck, loaded...
thomasgorgas
Sep 2, 20231 min read
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Anthropocene Logbook Entry: „Ismaning | 20230711 | 17:45 | 35°C | Working in Summer Heat Waves“
The 2nd heat wave of the year is flickering across the country right now, and even the German government is now feverishly working on a...
thomasgorgas
Jul 11, 20233 min read
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What magnetic resonance imaging is to Medicine, GEO-MRI is to Earth Sciences (Part II)
I recently had to have an old fracture injury to my left elbow examined by MRI: Suspected severe osteoarthritis, bone wear, etc. 'Was...
thomasgorgas
Jul 9, 20232 min read
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From Work-to-Environmental-Protection-to-GIS-assisted-GEO-Magnetic-Resonance-Tomography...
With the magnetic resonance imaging method, applied to the earth's body ("GEO-MRI"), the moisture content of the subsurface can be...
thomasgorgas
Jul 2, 20232 min read
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GEO MRI | MR Technology @ Yanacocha Mine | Peru:Vista-Clara Inc. Train-The-Trainer Program
"Mission Accomplished"! - The third round "Yanacocha | Peru MR-Logging" ("Mob#3") has been successfully completed. For me it was the...
thomasgorgas
Jun 7, 20233 min read
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GEO-MRI | NMR Technology: Vista Clara Inc. "Train-the-Trainer" Programme
From the very beginning of our NMR-borehole logging measurements with Vista-Clara Inc. technology it was clear: "Someone here wants to...
thomasgorgas
Apr 5, 20231 min read
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GEO-MRI | NMR Technology: ACTION above the clouds!
At 5 selected survey sites on the Yanacocha mine ground, NMR drill hole profiles were logged with Vista-Clara Inc. technology between 85...
thomasgorgas
Apr 1, 20232 min read
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With GEO-MRI | NMR Technology Into Thin Air
Whoa! Now we are finally here: In Peru at lofty 12,000+ ft above sea level. Up here, breathing is definitely a bit harder than usual...
thomasgorgas
Mar 31, 20232 min read
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With the GEO-MRI | NMR @ Borehole Logging Operation: "The fun is over!"
All of a sudden it went really fast, and "fun" quickly turned into "serious!": On ultra-short notice: Sent with the NMR truck from...
thomasgorgas
Mar 19, 20232 min read
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GEO-MRI | NMR Borehole Logging Sondes: Calibration is (almost) everything!
I was often called a "calibration fanatic" for our physical property instruments on the JOIDES Resolution. However, at the end of an...
thomasgorgas
Mar 13, 20231 min read
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GEO-MRI | NMR innovation par excellence
2 weeks into the game, it can be clearly stated: Vista-Clara Inc. is for good reasons the market leader in the development and...
thomasgorgas
Mar 11, 20231 min read
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GEO-MRI | NMR Training? -- "Let's go West!"
Probably not really believing that it ever will happen, now and rather suddenly, it does: We join Vista-Clara Inc. on their quest for...
thomasgorgas
Mar 5, 20231 min read
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