PERAN GEOLOGI TEKNIK DAN ANALISIS KEWILAYAHAN DALAM GEOLOGI MILITER DI INDONESIA

Abstrak

Since ancient Chinesse era to World-War 2, knowledge of geoscience hold important role in the
military world. Landscape analysis (potency and constraint) for military is needed to evaluate enemy
movement and its war equipments, to determining access of location rute, to mapping hydrogeology
surface and underground for structural defence & military personnel and also for attack. Though Spot-5,
Ikonos and Quickbird sattelite images’ exist, but map of military geology is necessary to remaining
surface material physical characteristic toward teritorial enemy and also to develop defence citadel.
Map and scale of military geology based on engineering geology condition for need of military. Variation
scale depend on needed, from big scale (most detailed) to small scale (regional).
In Indonesia, Indonesian Association of Geologist (IAG) both Geological Research and Development
Center (GRDC) not had Unit of Military Geology yet. In America, Unit of Military Geology was formed
since 1942. This unit duty is complie terrain intelligence, how troops can be move in land; finding of
water, fuel, mineral and construction material, solving construction problem and base landing plane.