From 18th to 19th of July 2019, sampling group, leaded by the HGI-CGS partner, held a workshop with the purpose to acquire the answers and solutions for the drainage sediment sampling methodology. Workshop was part of the #SIMONA project Work Package 4.

The workshop was attended by members of the sampling working group, 28 participants of the project partner institutions and guest professor Wensheng Yao, from UNESCO International Centre on Global-scale Geochemistry (ICGG) in China. Prof. Yao contributed with presentation of sampling methodology in China. His presentation was held via Skype.

During the workshop many interesting discussions and problems were constructively resolved. Sampling methodology was discussed, major topics of discussion were: sampling site selection, frequency of sampling, depth of sampling, volume of sampling, equipment for sampling, and many more topics.

Great experience for all participants and many answered questions yielded success of the workshop.

Big thanks to all participants!

Author: Ivan Mišur, Croatian Geological Survey, imisur@hgi-cgs.hr