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