GEOL 420 Applied Geophysics

Course Log or Daily Log

Handouts, notes, and comments about our weekly lab and class meetings. For example, this page is used to distribute copies of any course materials related to a particular lab or class meeting. More general resources for topic can be found on the corresponding Topical Pages.

• Daily Log or Course Log page.

Topical Pages

Note that the topical pages are not meant to be primary learning resources in and of themselves - you have reading assignments for that. They are designed to provide you (1) the topic references (reading assignments/resources), and (2) various bits of supplementary information to the main readings. In this sense they organize and supplement.

Course Introduction

• Course Introduction Notes

Electrical Methods

• Direct Current Electrical Resistivity
• Time Domain Induced Polarization

Seismic Refraction

• Classical Seismic Refraction

Course Resources

• Setting up the GEOL 420 electronic writing environment

Assessments Information

• Assessments Information and Schedule. Homework, Reports, etc.
• On the Care and Feeding of your Field Book
• Written Homework Assignments Information
• Field Data Interpretation Reports (FDIR)
• Final Course Assessment: The Geophysical Portfolio

Reference

• Textbook Reading Resources
• Maps
• Software
• Data Library (Fall 2024)
• Journal Articles
• Reference reports and other documents

Field Days and Field Trip

• Weekend Field DAY(s) Information
• Weekend OVERNIGHT Field Trip

Miscellaneous

• Good pieces of advice
• The Dark Side of Geophysics ...
• Groundwater/hydrogeology in the news.
• Other reference material for "applied", "environmental", "exploration" geophysics.

Application areas of near-surface geophysics

Our course focuses strongly on the application of NSG to groundwater/hydrogeology. However many areas of application of the same methods exist. Some areas are linked to below in various states of detail (and of course the list will always be incomplete).

• Near-surface Geophysics for the Geotechnical Engineer
• Mineral Resources and Exploration
• Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Further Geophysical Methods

We won't have time cover these this term, but some of these will be added to the semester curriculum beginning in Fall 2026.

• Method A (not yet linked)
• Method B (not yet linked)

This is the GEOL 4420 Homepage.