Course Syllabus
Announcements
Class Meets MWF 2:30-3:20 in Geology 301C; Labs meet
Wednesdays at 3:30 pm (same place)
FINAL EXAM will be Monday, April 29 at 2:30 in Geo 301C!!!
PowerPoint Lectures & Other Schedule Info:
8 January:
Overview of Geophysics & Geophysical Imaging
10 January:
Seismic Velocity; Huygen's Principle; Thought Exercise
12 January:
Overview of the Course
17 January:
Seismic Intro: Wave Types; Stress & Strain
17 January:
Looking Ahead: The Ghosts of Semester Projects Past
19 January:
The Wave Equation (where it comes from)
22 January:
Seismic Instrumentation
24 January:
Seismic Concepts: Snell's Law, Reflections, Refractions
24 January (Lab):
Travel-time Picking; Lab 1: Picking in RAS24
26 January:
Amplitudes: Partitioning, Geometrical Spreading, Attenuation and Quality Factor Q
29 January:
Amplitude: Attenuation Quality Factor; Multipathing; Zoeppritz Equations
31 January:
AVO; The Refraction Method: Single Layer Over Halfspace
31 January (Lab):
Lab 2: Amplitudes and Attenuation Estimation
2 February:
The Refraction Method: Multiple Layers; Dipping Layers
5 February:
The Refraction Method: Limitations; Non-Ideal Layers
7 February:
Plus-Minus Method for Variable Thickness; The Seismic Reflection Method
7 February (Lab):
Review of Lab 1; Lab 3 Assignment (Refraction Seismic Modeling)
9 February:
Reflections for Multiple & Dipping Layers; x2-t2
12 February:
RMS-Velocity and Dix' Equations; NMO Revisited; Dip-NMO
14 February:
Some Practical Considerations (Multiples; Diffractions; Resolution; Frequency)
14 February (Lab):
Review of Lab 2
16 February:
Reflection Seismic Processing: Static Correction; Velocity Analysis; Common Mid-Point Stacking; Migration
21 February:
Reflection Seismic Processing: Depth Migration; Common Depth-Point Stacking; Interpretation
21 February (Lab):
Lab 4: Seismic Reflections
23 February:
Reflection Seismic Interpretation
26 February:
Reflection Seismic Interpretation
28 February:
Reflection Seismic Interpretation
28 February (Lab):
Review of Lab 3: Refraction Modeling
28 February (Review):
Exam 1 Review: Seismic Methods
1 March:
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
4 March:
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
8 March:
Gravity: Introduction
18 March:
Gravity: Measurement; Examples
20 March:
Gravity: Reduction
20 March (Lab):
Lab 4: Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
22 March:
Gravity: Densities; Anomaly for a Sphere
25 March:
Gravity: Anomalies for Simple Shapes
27 March:
Magnetism; Susceptibility
27 March (Lab):
Lab 5: Gravity Reduction & Modeling
29 March:
Magnetics: Anomalies; Earth's Main Field
1 April:
Magnetics: Earth's Main Field; Instruments
3 April:
Magnetics: Measurement & Reduction; Modeling
5 April:
Magnetics: Modeling; DC Resistivity: Introduction
8 April:
DC Resistivity: Apparent Resistivity
10 April:
DC Resistivity: Arrays & Modeling
12 April:
DC Resistivity: Resistivity Pseudosections, Inversion, Examples
15 April:
Induced Polarization (IP); Self Potential
17 April:
Magnetotellurics (MT)
19 April:
Wireline Logging (Resistivity, IP, SP, Natural Gamma)
22 April:
Wireline Logging (Gamma-Gamma, Neutron, Sonic, VSP)
24 April:
Final Exam Review
Bonus Review:
Review Labs 5-6
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