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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

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GPHY 4053 Applied Geophysics


(3 hours)
Survey of applied geophysics describing physical methods involved in exploration for hydrocarbons and minerals. Applications of physics to measurements made for mapping near surface earth structure. Gravity, magnetic, electrical, electro-magnetic, bore-hole logging, ground penetrating radar, seismic, and radioactivity methods for mapping sub-surface will be discussed. Introduction to data processing and interpretation with the objective of locating natural resources. Prerequisite: GPHY 2503 . Corequisite: EE 3023 .



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