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625-213 Geophysics and Remote Sensing

Credit points: 11.0

Coordinator: Dr L Thomas

Prerequisite: Earth Sciences 625-102

Contact: 26 lectures (two a week), 26 hours practical (two hours a week)

Timetable: Second semester

Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students should:

• acquire an understanding of the roles of geophysics and remote sensing in the Earth Sciences;
• be able to understand what is involved in data acquisition, processing and interpretation in these fields.

Content:

Interpretation of aerial photographs and digital imagery; use of the electromagnetic spectrum in remote sensing; data acquisition and analysis. Theory and practice of gravity, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic and seismic geophysical methods; inversion and interpretation of data.

Assessment:

A 2-hour end-of-semester written examination; a 2-hour practical examination or reports totalling up to 1,500 words.

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