GGU-STRATIG: Colours and supplements (soil group, consistencies, groundwater): interpretation using SEP 2 abbreviations

For colour input, two colours can also be combined. For example:

• gero → yellowred (ge = yellow; ro = red)

• dgnbn → dark green-brown (d = dark; gn = green; bn = brown)

• hgr → light-grey (h = light; gr = grey)

If an "=" is entered after the colour abbreviation, the long text will be supplemented with "ish". For example:

• ge= → yellowish

• ro= → reddish

If an abbreviation from a different input area is to be used in any of the areas, the area designation must be entered.

• S: for Stratigraphy

• P: for Petrography

• G: for Genesis

• F: for Colours

• Z: for Supplements

For example:

• 2,35// mS; fs2, u4, F:bn/// SaU
  The colour brown (bn) will thus be interpreted into the "Petrography" area.

Using the Supplements input area in the SEP 2 abbreviation line it is possible to display the
soil groups, the consistencies (kos…), the relative densities (ld…), weathering grades (vw…)
or the drilling progress (bv…). It is also possible to combine a number of abbreviations, e.g. "kos2-kos3" for consistency "soft to firm".

In the supplements area abbreviations are also provided for describing groundwater conditions, e.g.: "gws" for GW drilled at, "gw" for GW after bore end or "gwr " for GW at rest. The depth information is entered in brackets following the abbreviation. Additional descriptions, e.g. the date, are entered in single quotation marks and follow after the depth data and a space or comma. A groundwater rise with corresponding arrow representation from drilled to end of drilling is shown in the example below.

The brackets containing the depth data must immediately follow the groundwater abbreviation, without a space. The decimal separator for depth input must be a point, not a comma.

For example:

• 2.35// 'Building rubble', mS; fs2, u4// bn/ SaU2, kos2-kos3, gws(2.3,'30.06.22'), gw(1.85,'01.07.22')
  This enters SU* as the soil group and the consistency symbol for soft-firm is used. In the basic data, a groundwater level of 2.30 m is entered in the "Drilled at" line and of 1.85 m in the line "Drilling end". The rise is marked on the stratigraphic log by an arrow between the two groundwater symbols.

The default setting does not adopt the textual representation of supplementary information in the stratigraphic log, e.g. drilling progress. It can be activated for one of the lines of long text in the menu item "Preferences/Abbreviations (SEP)"; "Long texts" dialog box.