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 determined just as excellently as irregularities in the water flow can be made visible and qualitatively | quantitatively estimated.

"Does this matter?" When dealing with "groundwater" resources or the like:

"Yes, absolutely!" (Think, e.g., "Early Forest Fire Hazard Detection." For another example, see below).

The methodology is modeled on the medical magnetic resonance imaging process and has been used for over 50 years, primarily in the oil and gas industry. So, it's just an old hat? - If so, however, the U.S. partner company Vista-Clara Inc. has rethought | implemented this "old hat": It's like bringing an ancient fashion gag back to life in Paris, thus releasing completely new creative forces for all of us.

In our case, additional qualifications, such as "TÜV-Süd certified environmental protection officer", and certified "Hazwoper"-ianer (that's not a new kind of hot-Sriracha-Sauce hamburger to eat, but a rather intensive online course on the subject of occupational safety and health), plus a solid GIS qualification can be combined with the latest technical innovations from Vista-Clara Inc. This can be implemented immediately and excellently in the field of "soil remediation".

Fig.1: "Can you distinguish oil and/or other polluting fluids in the subsurface from regular H2O using GEO-MRI methods?" Sure, we say! So: try us out and see - with innovative GEO nuclear spin tomography technology from Vista-Clara Inc. and common GIS tools. Repeated measurements (downhole or from the surface) can detect temporal | spatial changes in subsurface contamination levels. This allows the development of effective long-term perspectives | remediation plans and how to deal with the pollution problem at hand.

Back in March 2023, when I first started working with the partner company in the Seattle metropolitan area, the question already came up, "How can you distinguish oil from other non-H2O fluid components in the subsurface?" (think, for example, of a gas station where gasoline and/or oil slowly seeps into the non-visible subsurface, or tar oil that precipitates on | during the production of railroad ties, for example).

The answers to these questions are now gradually and increasingly coming to light - in the form of "GEO-MRI" data profiles in corresponding soils of various "remediation" cases. Paired with GIS graphics, additional geologic and infrastructural context can be highlighted, especially when "GEO-MRI" measurements are taken repeatedly over a long period of time and mapped accordingly. And what has worked brilliantly in the Americas so far would definitely be of great benefit in our region as well. Wouldn't it?

So: "What are we waiting for, anyway? Let's go!"