The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, GEUS, is a research and advisory institute in the Danish Ministry of the Environment. The survey also operates in the private sector.

GEUS' overall mission is to provide, to use, and to disseminate knowledge of geological materials, processes and relations that is important for the use and protection of geological resources in Denmark and Greenland. Part of this mission is to support administrative and legislative work in Danish Ministries and the Greenland Home Rule Authority, by providing state-of-the-art geoscientific knowledge of international standard.

GEUS' main tasks are geological mapping, data collection and storage, to carry out research projects, to give advice, and to disseminate geoscientific knowledge.

GEUS co-operates with numerous scientific institutions and networks, and other organisations around the world, such as Danish and Greenland research institutions and agencies, EuroGeoSurveys (EGS), the Forum of European Geological Surveys (FOREGS), the European Environmental Agency (EEA), and the Far East CCOP (Co-ordinating Committee for Coastal and Offshore Geoscience Programmes in South-East-Asia).

GEUS participates actively in Danish and European Community research and aid programmes in Eastern Europe, and in a number of developing countries in Africa, South America, and Asia.

More information can be found at the GEUS website

In English: http://www.geus.dk/geuspage-uk.htm

In German: http://www.geus.dk/geuspage-de.htm

In Danish: http://www.geus.dk

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