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Fundamentals of Applied and Environmental Geophysics
GE 3040
M,W,F - 13:05-13:55 pm, Dow 610

Instructor: Aleksey Smirnov
Office: Dow 425
E-mail: asmirnov (at) mtu.edu

Office hours: Wednesday, 10a-12p and 2-3p, or by appointment

 

Textbook:

Introduction to Applied Geophysics by H. Robert Burger, Anne F. Sheehan, and Craig H. Jones

 

Syllabus:

 

Topic

Reading

I.

Introduction [1 lecture]

Chapter 1

II.

Gravity methods [8/9 lectures]

  1. Basic equations and Earth's gravity field
  2. Measurement of gravity
    1. Absolute gravity
    2. Relative gravity
  3. Field methods
  4. Corrections to observed gravity
  5. Interpretation Methods
    1. Anomaly Separation/Enhancement
    2. Gravity effects of geometric shapes
    3. Excess mass calculations
    4. Gravity effects of complex shapes
  6. Applications

Chapter 6

349 - 351
351 - 356


370 - 378
356 - 369

399 - 409
378 - 397
410 - 411

397 - 399
415 - 420

III.

Magnetic methods [8/9 lectures]

  1. Basic equations, units, and rock magnetism
  2. Earth's magnetic field
  3. Instruments
    1. Fluxgate
    2. Proton precession
    3. Alkali-vapor
    4. Gradiometer
  4. Field methods and corrections
  5. Magnetic anomalies and anomaly sketching
  6. Interpretation of magnetic anomalies
    1. Magnetic effects of geometric shapes
    2. Slope/half slope methods
    3. Magnetic effects of complex shapes
  7. Applications

Chapter 7

429 - 438
438 - 446
446 - 447




450 - 454
447 - 449

454 - 478
482 - 488
478 - 482
488 -493

IV.

Seismic methods [9/10 lectures]

 

  1. Elasticity and seismic waves
  2. Reflections, refractions, and attentuation
  3. Energy sources, geophones, and seismographs
  4. Refraction methods
    1. Single, multiple, and dipping layers
    2. Special problems
    3. Non-planar interfaces
    4. Field methods
    5. Applications
  5. Reflection methods
    1. Single layer
    2. Multiple layers
    3. Dipping layers and multiples
    4. Processing and interpreting the reflection seismogram
    5. Reflection applications

Chapters
2, 3,& 4

7 - 21
21 - 46
47 -60

65 - 106
106 - 120
120 - 126
129 - 136
136 - 141

149 - 167
167 - 182
182 - 199
217 - 248
248 - 253

V.

Electrical methods [5/6 lectures]

  1. Electrical properties of rocks
  2. Current flow in a homogeneous media
  3. Electrode arrays
  4. Current flow across layers of differing resistivities
  5. Field methods
    1. Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES)
    2. Constant Spacing Traverse (CST)
  6. Interpretation methods
  7. Applications
  8. Self-Potential (SP)

Chapter 5


267 - 280
317 - 320
280 - 286
287 - 316


323 - 331
331 - 338
339 - 340

VI.

Electromagnetic methods [5/6 lectures]

  1. Principles of electromagnetics
  2. Frequency-domain systems
  3. Time-domain systems
  4. Ground Penetrating Radar
  5. Applications

 

 

 

Useful web links:

 

·  The Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society

·  Society of Exploration Geophysicists

·  American Geophysical Union

·  U. S. Geological Survey: Geophysics Products Page

·  Introduction to Geophysical Exploration: Colorado School of Mines

·  The UBC Geophysical inversion facility

·  FHA - Application of Geophysical Methods to Highway Related Problems

·  Advanced Geosciences, Inc.

·  Geometrics