{"id":76231,"date":"2021-08-18T08:48:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?p=76231"},"modified":"2024-02-27T09:22:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:22:57","slug":"back-out-in-the-field-with-tromino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/back-out-in-the-field-with-tromino\/","title":{"rendered":"Back out in the field with Tromino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As with many people suddenly finding themselves working at home, my natural flow of work has been disrupted. When I got the opportunity to get out into the fresh air recently to undertake some fieldwork, I wanted to share the benefits this had on me and my team at BGS, and to talk a bit about the work we\u2019ve been up to.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missing fieldwork<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lockdown has been a tough journey for most of us. I\u2019m sure I\u2019m not alone in saying that working from home has had some advantages and some disadvantages. It’s certainly cut down on things like petrol use and spending money, but a major disadvantage is missing out on bumping into colleagues in the office and having those organic, face-to-face conversations, exploring ideas and discussing the research we\u2019re working on. And, for geologists especially, being unable to go out on fieldwork and learn more about the world around us has been very affecting.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Steve and colleagues doing fieldwork in typical fieldwork weather, before the COVID-19 pandemic. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Trialling Tromino<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My role at BGS is mostly office-based, but I love being in the outdoors generally (I\u2019m a massive nature nerd!) so I thoroughly enjoy any fieldwork I can take part in. I am part of the Shallow Drilling Facility<\/a> at BGS Keyworth, along with Helen Smith and Dave Morgan<\/a>, who are both pushing forward a passive seismic technology called Tromino. Their fieldwork proposal came at the perfect time to lift my spirits, allowing me to feel part of a team again, as well as providing me with some more experience with the Tromino technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t