GGU-STRATIG: Use of SEP 2 abbreviations

SEP stands for SchichtenErfassungsProgramm.

The SEP program, Version 2 of which is implemented in GGU-STRATIG, was developed by LBEG (Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie, formerly: Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Bodenforschung, NLfB) in Hannover and allows the acquisition of data collected in field investigations. This program includes a set of abbreviations that can also be selected for use in the GGU-BORELOG program for entering bore logs using abbreviations. If you have the GGU- STRATIG program, as well as GGU-BORELOG (visualisation of bore log data), you can achieve the highest possible compatibility between the data sets of both programs by exclusively using the SEP 2 abbreviations.

For a detailed study of the SEP 2 abbreviations please see the SEP 2 manual, available from the LBEG. After bore or probing input, GGU-STRATIG allows saving in a SEP 2 compatible format, if you have used the SEP 2 abbreviations. You can thus achieve a high degree of compatibility to other applications. Loading of files created with the SEP 2 program is also supported (see Section 6.2).

The abbreviations defined by LBEG for the "Engineering geology" subset are included in the "SEPKURZ-e.TXT" file, which is included with the program. The existing SEP 2 abbreviations can be viewed, printed and, if necessary, modified with this menu item together with the long texts and short texts, and the code numbers for controlling soil signatures and colours.

If files created using modified SEP 2 abbreviations are forwarded to third parties, compatibility with the receiver's programs cannot be guaranteed, because the modified abbreviations are not available and cannot therefore be interpreted.

If data forwarding is required, e.g. at the client's request, it is better to work with the original SEP 2 file (for transfer to the SEP 2 program) or to send the modified
"SEPKURZ-e.txt" file with the data (for transfer to GGU-BORELOG and GGU-STRATIG).