GPGN 422 - Fall Semester

Electrical Exploration Methods

  • Past Courses: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
  • First third: DC Resistivity, SP: Dr. Adel Zohdy
  • Electrical Properties, Definitions & History
  • Spontaneous Polarization & DC Resistivity
  • DC resistivity: potential field theory
  • DC resistivity: survey practices
  • DC resistivity: modeling and interpretation
  • DC resistivity: case histories
  • Induced Polarization
  • Second third: Electromagnetic Induction Methods: Dr. Pieter Hoekstra
  • Inductive Coupling
  • Magnetic Properties
  • Electromagnetic Induction Theory
  • Frequency Domain EM
  • TIme Domain EM
  • VLF
  • Modeling
  • Interpretation & Case Histories
  • Last third: Electromagnetic Propagation Methods: Dr. Gary R. Olhoeft
  • EM Propagation Theory
  • Ground Penetrating Radar
  • Processing
  • Modeling
  • Borehole & Tomography
  • Airborne, Satellite & Planetary
  • Interpretation & Case Histories