Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection
UNESCO-ISESCO Sponsored Workshop
at the Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat (Oman),
in cooperation with the University of Exeter (UK),
10th - 15th May 2003
Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection
UNESCO-ISESCO Sponsored Workshop
at the Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat (Oman),
in cooperation with the University of Exeter (UK),
10th - 15th May 2003
This UNESCO-ISESCO Sponsored Workshop on Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection was based on a 'roving course' developed by UNESCO and the University of Exeter for engineers, scientists, managers and technical staff working in mining, water supply and natural resource development and management in developing countries of Africa and Asia. The course was developed by Mike Heath, John Merefield and Peter Grainger of the University of Exeter and has been supported since 1999 by UNESCO's Division of Earth Sciences under the supervision of Fernando L. Repetto and Danyela Piuzzi in Paris. To date, the course has been presented in Windhoek, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Dresden, Beijing, Mumbai and Muscat.
This second presentation of the course in Muscat, as an international
workshop under the joint sponsorship of UNESCO and ISESCO, took place at
the Department of Earth Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) between
10th and 15th May 2003 under the direction of Dr Tariq Cheema. Over 40
participants from nine countries in the Gulf Region took part in the workshop,
which included a field visit to the Sunub landfill near Muscat.
Dr Samir Hanna, SQU, explaining the geology of the Sunub landfill site
during the workshop field day, 15th May 2003 (photo John Merefield).
The workshop content included the following themes:
(1) Environmental Geology
(2) Environmental Hydrology
(3) Environmental Geochemistry
(4) Pollutant migration in geological systems
(5) Geological basis for environmental impact assessment
(6) Special problems relating to key sectors
water resources
mining
oil and gas
waste disposal
contaminated land
(7) Geological basis for environmental reclamation
(8) Geological framework for environmental management systems
Workshop participants are invited to visit the Online
Resources for Participants
For further details contact:
Dr Mike Heath
Camborne School of Mines
University of Exeter
Redruth
Cornwall TR15 3SE (UK)
Tel/fax 00 44 1209 216647
email M.J.Heath@exeter.ac.uk
Last updated 28th May 2003.