WEGS—A working club of Western European geological surveys

✍ Scribed by Erik Stenestad

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 277 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-7952
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-7952(90)90073-a

✦ Synopsis

WEGS was established in 1971 as a working club of all the directors of the geological surveys in Western Europe. The purpose is to encourage the exchange of information between the 21 member-surveys representing all of the Western European countries.

WEGS has annual plenary meetings convened by all member countries in turn. The general exchange of information includes the surveys' relationships to national and international organisations, institutions and large scale projects. Also on the agenda are reports from WEGS Working Groups on Environmental Geology, Geochemistry and Computers. At each meeting the opportunity is taken during field trips to examine the local geological conditions and problems related to geology.

Current activities of WEGS include initiatives concerning standardisation and transfer of data between the member-surveys, a guideline book on environmental geology with case histories from all parts of Western Europe and possible joint activities within marine geology.