The First CCOP-CGS Capability Enhancing on Integrated Geophysical and Geochemical Data Processing Project (IGDP) workshop plus training has been held successfully in Kunming, China on June 18-20, 2013. Eleven geophysicists and geochemists from CCOP Member Countries (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam), 1 from Myanmar and 15 Chinese participants participated this activity. The Opening Address was delivered by Mr Ma Yongzheng, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to CCOP, Ministry of Land and Resources.The welcome remarks were given by Mr Jiang Shijin, Director, International Cooperation Division, CGS on behalf of Dr Li Jinfa, Permanent Representative of China to CCOP, Dr Adichat Surinkum, Director of CCOP Technical Secretariat and Dr Tan Yongjie, Chief Scientist, Development and Research Center, CGS.

This activity was held with the main objectives of introducing IGDP Software to CCOP Member Countries and ASEAN Countries, training geophysicists and geochemists in data processing using the IGDP Software and transferring techniques and system for geophysical and geochemical data processing to CCOP Member Countries and ASEAN Countries. Meanwhile, the participants acquired the certificates from this activity after RGIS-IGDP software applying test; and passed the minutes of this workshop. The Development and Research Center of China Geological Survey (DRC, CGS) gave all the participants the RGIS-IGDP software system as gift.

During the CCOP-CGS IGDP workshop/training, participants made presentation on geophysical and geochemical data processing activities and techniques used in their countries. After the presentations, the training on the RGIS-IGDP Software Usage followed. The software included applications for pre-processing, processing, inversion and joined inversion of gravity - magnetic and ground electric data, integration of geophysical and geochemical data.  A theoretical guidance was made on user interface, data format (area/plain data, profile data, aeromagnetic, electric data, database and GIS data), database and data integration, data coordination and preprocessing, data processing (GM grid, GM profile, GM inversion, Electrical inversion and modeling), interpretation of data, data visualization/mapping and graphical analysis with examples on gravity – magnetic data and electric data.

After the CCOP-CGS IGDP workshop/training, the participants were requested to continue testing the RGIS-IGDP software, and provide feedback for the improvement of the software.  There will be further workshop and training planned for next year, and case studies in some areas with local data will be identified with the CCOP Member Country interested.

Group photo

Opening Ceremony

RGIS-IGDP Software training

Geological excursion