Thanks Sarah
My feeling is that geofizz surveyors should be completed their own OASIS
forms, so a request in briefs would be useful here. Is there any way of
estimating the direct versus sub-contracted status of GEO work across
HERs I wonder?
Best wishes
Mark

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Thanks Mark.  
I must say that all the other information necessary for the form was
included in the report, and if, indeed, it is such a vital piece of
information, why is it not obviously stated on the report?  

This particular OASIS form was filled in by the unit who sub contracted
the geophysics work (who wouldn't necessarily know the specialist
information), so perhaps there is some need for clarification of whose
responsibility it should be, so it can be made explicit in the briefs.
Speaking to my DC colleague, geophysics usually arises as a result of it
being requested in the brief (so an OASIS request could be included),
and occasionally at the suggestion of the main archaeological
contractor, where the brief may not specify geophysics.  

If the resolution is somewhere between 3 & 5, then this is not an option
on the drop down lists on the respective form. Neither is there an
unknown - perhaps some fine tuning is required if this is to be
completely usable?

Best wishes
Sarah  

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Dear Sarah
The extra geophysics details on OASIS are very new & were designed for
specialist geophysical units as only they might be expected to know the
information asked for. Eventually it is hoped that these units will be
filling in their own OASIS forms and I'd be happy to arrange training to
take this forward. I'll also investigate online help for these fields.
Could I ask whether sub-contracted geo units would be triggered by
briefs for OASIS?

Best wishes

Mark   

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Dear all
I am dutifully validating an OASIS form for a geophysics project in
Cambridgeshire, and see the new (to me anyway...) geophysics detail
form, which I can complete with the exception of the "resolution in nano
tesla" field.   

Can anyone suggest to me how I might find this information in the
Stratascan report I have in front of me, or what I should be looking
for? There is no online help for this field as yet, neither is there an
option for saying unknown. As I can see the value in recording this type
of info for future research, I am doing my best to record a complete and
accurate record, but its not immediately obvious what this should be.  

thanks in advance
Sarah
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