- Docente: Alberto Armigliato
- Credits: 6
- SSD: GEO/10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Alberto Armigliato (Modulo 1) Paolo Gasperini (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics of the Earth System (cod. 8626)
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from Sep 26, 2023 to Dec 21, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will possess technical and practical know-how on some of the main experimental methods of investigation used in Geophysics.
Particularly, students will be able:
- to interpret seismic traces and locate seismic events;
- to plan, perform and interpret geo-electrical soundings.
Course contents
Module 1 (Prof. Alberto Armigliato)
Fundamentals of georesistivity methods. Concept of apparent resistivity. Vertical and horizontal electric soundings. Experiments in the field: planning, acquisition and processing of data from electrical resistivity surveys.
Seismometers and accelerometers. Response curves of mechanical and electromagnetic seismometers. Determination of the critical resistance and of the seismometric constant in the lab.
Module 2 (Prof. Paolo Gasperini)
Interpretation of seismograms (first arrivals and seismic phases). Hypocenter location through the least squares method: theory and lab tests.
Readings/Bibliography
Slides (uploaded on Virtuale) of the lectures.
E. Boschi and M. Dragoni, Sismologia, UTET.
H. Robert Burger, Exploration Geophysics of the Shallow Subsurface, Prentice Hall.
Teaching methods
Lectures will be held in the classroom. Experiments will be carried out in the laboratory and in the field.
As concerns the teaching methods of this course unit, all students must attend Module 1, 2 online [https://www.unibo.it/en/services-and-opportunities/health-and-assistance/health-and-safety/online-course-on-health-and-safety-in-study-and-internship-areas], while Module 3 on health and safety is to be attended in class. Information about Module 3 attendance schedule is available on the website of your degree programme
Assessment methods
The final test has the aim of ascertaining that the formation objectives are achieved and consists of an oral examination concerning theory as well as the tests carried out in the laboratory.
On average, the test duration is about 50-60 minutes.
Teaching tools
Slide projector in the class, laboratory
Office hours
See the website of Alberto Armigliato
See the website of Paolo Gasperini