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| 28 Sep 2021
| 28 Sep 2021
Teaching with digital geology in the high Arctic: opportunities and challenges
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Peter Betlem
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Sten-Andreas Grundvåg
Department of Geosciences, University of Tromsø – the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Rafael Kenji Horota
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Department of Applied Computing, UNISINOS – Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Simon John Buckley
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, P.O. Box 22 Nygårdstangen, 5838 Bergen, Norway
Aleksandra Smyrak-Sikora
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Malte Michel Jochmann
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Thomas Birchall
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Julian Janocha
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Department of Geosciences, University of Tromsø – the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Kei Ogata
Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Resources, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Lilith Kuckero
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Rakul Maria Johannessen
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, 1250 Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Isabelle Lecomte
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Sara Mollie Cohen
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Snorre Olaussen
Department of Arctic Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
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At UNIS, located at 78° N in Longyearbyen in Arctic Norway, we use digital outcrop models (DOMs) actively in a new course (
AG222 Integrated Geological Methods: From Outcrop To Geomodel) to solve authentic geoscientific challenges. DOMs are shared through the open-access Svalbox geoscientific portal, along with 360° imagery, subsurface data and published geoscientific data from Svalbard. Here we share experiences from the AG222 course and Svalbox, both before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At UNIS, located at 78° N in Longyearbyen in Arctic Norway, we use digital outcrop models (DOMs)...
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