- Docente: Silvia Castellaro
- Credits: 3
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Environmental Engineering (cod. 8894)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Geology and Territory (cod. 9073)
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from Feb 24, 2023 to May 19, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the laboratory, the student: - knows the basic principles of the main geophysical exploration techniques (seismic, electric, magnetic, electromagnetic and gravimetric methods); - the application fields and limitations of each technique in respect to different environmental, geotechnical, subsoil exploitation and protection problems, at small and large scale.
Course contents
Basic theoretical and practical elements of:
- seismic prospection (both body- and surface-wave methods)
- geoelectrical prospection
- magnetic and electromagnetic prospection
- gravimetric prospection
Applications and limitations of each technique.
Each exploration method will be introduced by means of laboratory experiments and field surveys.
Readings/Bibliography
Suggested readings:
THE SOLID EARTH: AN INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL GEOPHYSICS, C.M.R. Fowler, Cambridge University Press (2004, 2nd edition)
INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, Burger, Sheehan, Jones, Norton, 2006, 600 p. + CD
NEAR SURFACE APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, M.E. Everett, Cambridge, 2013, 400 p.
AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION, Kearey, Brooks, Hill, Blackwell Publ., 2002, 262 p.
I METODI GEOELETTRICO E SISMICO PER LE INDAGINI SUPERFICIALI DEL SOTTOSUOLO, Carrara, Rapolla, Roberti, Liguori ed., 2012, 295 p.
ESPLORAZIONE GEOFISICA DEL SOTTOSUOLO, Musset, Aftab Khan, Zanichelli, 2003, 420 p.
Teaching methods
Lessons, laboratory experiments and field surveys.
All lessons will be recorded and made available on the YouTube channel of the course.
Microsoft Teams will be used for those who follow the course remotely.
Laboratory and field surveys require the student to be physicall present.
Assessment methods
Written (simple quantitative exercises) and oral exam.
The exam is clearly simpler for the students of the Applied Geophysics module (3 CFU). Details will be given during the lessons.
Teaching tools
Microsoft Teams for remote access to the lessons; YouTube to review the recordings of the lectures.
Office hours
See the website of Silvia Castellaro