GE 3040
Fundamentals of Applied and Environmental Geophysics
Spring 2011

Introduction [1 lecture]

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

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

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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

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)

Electromagnetic methods [5/6 lectures]

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