In October, Elsevier announced a new partnership with the Geological Society of London, which brings together the Society’s world renowned Lyell Collection and Geofacets, Elsevier’s database of georeferenced geological maps.
06 December 2011
The new module was launched at the Natural History Museum, and has been up and running for just over two months. It combines over 165,000 maps from Elsevier’s top Earth Science journals and the Lyell Collection, which allows geoscientists to quickly find, search and analyse georeferenced maps.
'The oil and gas industry is more dependent now than it ever has been on high quality scientific information' says Jonathan Turner, the Society's Publications Secretary. ‘Companies are increasingly moving into so called frontier basins, these are in harsh environments in what we call ultra deep water settings. In these kinds of areas we know relatively little about the geology of the subsurface.'
With exploratory well drilling costing as much as $3 million per day, access to high quality geological information is clearly a benefit to oil and gas companies. With the addition of Lyell Collection content, the Geofacets database will be more comprehensive, building a powerful picture of the subsurface and geological conditions of a region or basin.
It is hoped that the new module will help the Society to reach a wider audience. ‘What we do as geologists has little value unless we make it as widely accessible as possible’ said Edmund Nickless, Executive Secretary of the Geological Society. ‘As the oldest national geological society in the world, our challenge has always been how best to share our knowledge and understanding of the Earth. So when we learned about Geofacets from our colleagues at Elsevier, we recognised the value of this collaboration.’
Having established that the corporate sector is still under using academic information, providing access to it in a user-friendly way was an important motivation behind the new Geofacets partnership with the Society, as Friso Veenstra, Director of Market Development at Elsevier, told Research Information. ‘It’s important to present it to them in an easier and more accessible way, while offering as much content as possible. The Geological Society of London has very highly regarded content, and adding this to Geofacets makes the tool much more valuable for our customers.’
Elsevier hope to sign new partners in the future, in order to further increase the scope of the Geofacets database.
The new module was launched at the Natural History Museum, and has been up and running for just over two months. It combines over 165,000 maps from Elsevier’s top Earth Science journals and the Lyell Collection, which allows geoscientists to quickly find, search and analyse georeferenced maps. 'The oil and gas industry is more dependent now than it ever has been on high quality scientific information' says Jonathan Turner, the Society's Publications Secretary. ‘Companies are increasingly moving into so called frontier basins, these are in harsh environments in what we call ultra deep water settings. In these kinds of areas we know relatively little about the geology of the subsurface.' With exploratory well drilling costing as much as $3 million per day, access to high quality geological information is clearly a benefit to oil and gas companies. With the addition of Lyell Collection content, the Geofacets database will be more comprehensive, building a powerful picture of the subsurface and geological conditions of a region or basin. It is hoped that the new module will help the Society to reach a wider audience. ‘What we do as geologists has little value unless we make it as widely accessible as possible’ said Edmund Nickless, Executive Secretary of the Geological Society. ‘As the oldest national geological society in the world, our challenge has always been how best to share our knowledge and understanding of the Earth. So when we learned about Geofacets from our colleagues at Elsevier, we recognised the value of this collaboration.’ Having established that the corporate sector is still under using academic information, providing access to it in a user-friendly way was an important motivation behind the new Geofacets partnership with the Society, as Friso Veenstra, Director of Market Development at Elsevier, told Research Information. ‘It’s important to present it to them in an easier and more accessible way, while offering as much content as possible. The Geological Society of London has very highly regarded content, and adding this to Geofacets makes the tool much more valuable for our customers.’Elsevier hope to sign new partners in the future, in order to further increase the scope of the Geofacets database.