| Mission: The
Applied Geophysics program offers comprehensive courses and broad research
opportunities in geophysical methods for mapping subsurface properties
of the ground. The program was created originally in 1962, as Engineering
Geoscience, to focus teaching and research on the use of geophysical methods
for mineral exploration. Over time the objective evolved to encompass the
general problem of subsurface imaging and to more diverse applications
in geological mapping, petroleum exploration, reservoir characterization,
groundwater, environmental remediation, geotechnics, archaeology and ordnance
detection. In response to this expanded mission the faculty moved the program
to GeoEngineering in 2000. The courses provide quantitative understanding
of the fundamental physics and mathematics of the seismic, electrical,
electromagnetic, magnetic and gravity methods and of the instrumentation,
data processing and interpretation needed for field surveys. Research is
currently conducted on the geophysical methods themselves, numerical modeling
and interpretation and on applications in a variety of geological / engineering
fields. |
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