Through hands-on experience using state-of-the-art instruments during weekly afternoon field excursions, students are introduced to a variety of geophysical methods used in groundwater, engineering, hazardous waste site and subsurface contaminant migration studies. Lectures and class discussions will develop the basic principles of each method (seismic, ground penetrating radar, gravity, resistivity, electromagnetic and magnetic techniques). Students will use actual instruments in the field to investigate environmental problems of local community importance. An individual or small group research project on a topic (or topics) of interest is recommended (but not required) to help students adapt the course material to their own personal needs. Instructor: J. F. Hermance; GeoChem 167; xt: 3-3830.

Prerequisites: Math 9,10 and Physics 5,6; or equivalents. Exceptions to these prerequisites will be dealt with on an individual basis by the instructor in consultation with the student.

Required Text: H. Robert Burger, Exploration Geophysics of the Shallow Subsurface, 489 pp. w/ Macintosh computer software, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1992.

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