PHYS362: Principles of Applied Geophysics

Magnetic surveying – principles, geomagnetic field, interpretations, instruments and applications. Electrical surveying – resistivity of rocks and minerals, current flow in the ground, methods, instruments, interpretation, applications. Induced polarization surveying – principles, measurements, field investigations, applications. Electromagnetic surveying – principles, detection of electromagnetic fields, methods, interpretation and applications. Geophysical borehole logging – principles, natural gamma radiation logging, resistivity methods, self potential, temperature, caliper Seismology.