9/4/2016

Introductiontoappliedgeophysics

GEO594/GLE594:

INTRODUCTIONTOAPPLIEDGEOPHYSICS

Instructors:
RichardAllen,Room106WeeksHallTel:2627513rallen@geology.wisc.edu
DanteFratta,Room2258EngineeringHallTel:2655644fratta@wisc.edu

TeachingAssistant:
MeiXue,Room111WeeksHall2629784meixue@geology.wisc.edu

Classmeets:Tue&Thuat9:30aminRoom140WeeksHall

Coursewebpage:http://www.geology.wisc.edu/courses/g594
Requiredtext:
EnvironmentalandEngineeringGeophysics,1stedition,Sharma,1997.

Otherusefulreferencetexts:
Forseismicsinparticular:
Anintroductiontoappliedandenvironmentalgeophysics,Reynolds,1997
Theultimatereference:
AppliedGeophysics,2nded,Telford,Geldart,Sheriff,1990
Otherreferencetexts:
Explorationgeophysicsoftheshallowsubsurface,Burger,1992.
WholeEarthGeophysics,Lillie,1999.
Anintroductiontogeophysicalexploration,Keary,BrooksandHill,2002

Prerequisites:Oneyearcollegecalculus,oneyearcollegephysicsorEngineeringMechanics201,202and
Physics202.

CourseObjectives
1)Toprovidethestudentsknowledgeofthebasicphysicsunderlyingdifferentappliedgeophysicalmethods
andhowthemethodsareusedforexplorationandcharacterization.
2)Toprovideanoverviewofthefieldproceduresemployedtocollectdifferenttypesofgeophysicaldata.
3)Toprovideanintroductiontothetechniquesemployedtointerpretgeophysicaldatacollectedforapplied
andengineeringpurposes.

StudentResponsibilitiesandMethodofEvaluation(Gradesassignedonacurve)
1)Biweeklyproblemsetsthatfocusonthebasicphysicsofthemethods,simpleanalyticinterpretation
techniques,andgeophysicalsurveydesignprovideexperienceinapplicationofprinciplestothetypesof
problemsencounteredbytheappliedgeophysicist.
2)Midtermandfinalexamsaredesignedtotestbasicunderstandingofmaterialandstudents'abilityto
applyprinciplesandsolveappliedproblemswithgeophysics.

FinalGrade
50%Homeworkproblemsets
10%Quiz1
15%Quiz2
25%Final

OfficeHours:Byappointment

http://rallen.berkeley.edu/teaching/F04_GEO594_IntroAppGeophys/

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