Geophysical imaging and monitoring methods

• M.Sc. Applied Geosciences / M.Sc. Georesources Management
• Prof. Dr. Florian Wagner
  Dr. Norbert Klitzsch (CG3)

Course content

This course discusses the theory of the most-widely used geophysical imaging methods and illustrates their benefits and limitations in environmentally relevant applications. The methods addressed include seismic reflection and refraction, geoelectrical, gravity, magnetic, and electromagnetic techniques. This course focuses on data acquisition, processing, and model interpretation. Means to derive models from geophysical data will be addressed in the follow-up course “Inverse methods for geoscientists”.

Learning goals

• Remembering: Students will be able to name the measurement principles, benefits, and limitations of common geophysical methods.
• Understanding: Students will be able to explain how geophysical techniques work and can be used to answer modern geoscientific questions.
• Applying: Students will be able to analyze selected case studies and choose appropriate geophysical methods to solve specific problems.
• Analyzing: Students will be able to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of various geophysical methods in specific case studies.
• Evaluating: Students will be able to critically evaluate the effectiveness of applied geophysical methods in the discussed case studies.
• Creating: Students will be able to create recommendations of geophysical methods and their survey layouts for a specific target cases.

Literature recommendations

• Everett, M. E. (2013): Near-Surface Applied Geophysics. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139088435
• Dentith, M., & Mudge, S. T. (2014): Geophysics for the Mineral Exploration Geoscientist. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139024358