Postgraduate Course: Timelapse, Multi-component and Exploration Geophysics (PGGE11159)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course introduces the concepts and applications of modern geophysical exploration. It begins an overview of a typical survey sequence in a new exploration area covering the common exploration methods including: satellite data, gravity, electromagnetics, ground-penetrating radar, resistivity, seismics, side-scan sonar, well logs, and drilling. The course aims to provide a basic understanding of the underlying physics, the resolution and spatial range of each technique, and the costs associated with acquisition and processing. The focused is then on the three main exploration methods: gravity, electromagnetics, and surface seismics, and gives a deeper understanding of the constraints on subsurface rock and fluid parameters constrained by each of the main techniques. The course ends up with a detailed summary of the main practical issues associated with acquisition and processing for the three main geophysical exploration methods, and their relative advantages and disadvantages. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the students should achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Knowledge of the basic physical principles each of the main exploration methods including: satellite data, gravity, electromagnetics, ground-penetrating radar, resistivity, seismics, side-scan sonar, well logs, and drilling.
- A basic understanding of the resolution and spatial range of each technique, and the costs associated with acquisition and processing.
- Detailed knowledge of the three main exploration methods: gravity, electromagnetics, and surface seismics, and a deeper understanding of the constraints on subsurface rock and fluid parameters constrained by each technique, and the main practical issues associated with acquisition and processing.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Special Arrangements |
Normally this course is only available to students registered on the GEOSEAD (+Repsol) Programmes. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew Curtis
Tel: (0131 6)50 8515
Email: andrew.curtis@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah McAllister
Tel: (0131 6)51 7143
Email: Sarah.McAllister@ed.ac.uk |
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