Introduction to Applied Geophysics: Exploring the Shallow Subsurface

Author:   H. Robert Burger (Smith College, Massachusetts) ,  Anne F. Sheehan (University of Colorado Boulder) ,  Craig H. Jones (University of Colorado Boulder)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009433129


Pages:   622
Publication Date:   12 October 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Introduction to Applied Geophysics covers the fundamental methods of exploration geophysics in a depth and style both challenging and appropriate to undergraduates. Because of the increasing opportunities for students to conduct field experiments, the authors focus on methods, examples, illustrations, applications, and problem sets that emphasize shallow exploration of the Earth's surface. The textbook includes chapters on refraction seismology, electrical resistivity methods, gravity, magnetic surveying, and electromagnetic methods, including ground conductivity measurements and ground-penetrating radar. Geologic, engineering, and environmental applications are emphasized throughout. For each geophysical method, the theory and its application in exploring a given target in introduced. Each chapter includes a brief discussion of the applicable instruments, field operations, data collection and reduction, and limitations on interpretation. The textbook is supported by an extensive package of software. This edition from Cambridge University Press is a re-issue of the W.W. Norton edition, first published in 2006.

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Author:   H. Robert Burger (Smith College, Massachusetts) ,  Anne F. Sheehan (University of Colorado Boulder) ,  Craig H. Jones (University of Colorado Boulder)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Weight:   1.146kg
ISBN:  

9781009433129


ISBN 10:   1009433121
Pages:   622
Publication Date:   12 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Preface to Computer Materials; 1. Approaching the subsurface; 2. Seismic exploration: fundamental considerations; 3. Seismic exploration: the refraction method; 4. Seismic exploration: the reflection method; 5. Electrical resistivity; 6. Exploration using gravity; 7. Exploration using the magnetic method; 8. Electromagnetic surveying; Appendixes; Index.

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H. Robert Burger is Achilles Professor Emeritus of in the Department Geosciences at Smith College. He is a structural geologist with research interests in comparison of the structural evolution of Death Valley and the Connecticut Valley and geophysical imaging of the Connecticut Valley structure. Anne F. Sheehan is Director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and a Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research group addresses problems in earthquake seismology, tsunami studies, active tectonics, and geophysical imaging of the subsurface. Craig H. Jones is a Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His main research interest is in the origin of mountains and elevated topography in continents, primarily in the western U.S. As well as the current textbook, he is the author of The Mountains that Remade America: How Sierra Nevada Geology Impacts Modern Life (University of California Press, 2017).

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