Course
Organization
Instructor
David Crossley, Prof. Geophysics, office hours: Macelwane 321, 8:30 am-12 Noon,
Monday -Thursday.
Required
Textbook
Blakely, Richard, 1995. Potential Theory in Gravity and Magnetics
Applications, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 441 pp.
Other
Textbooks
These should be available in the EAS reading room or the library.
Telford et al., 1976. Applied
Geophysics, Cambridge UP
Dobrin, M.B., and Savit, C.H., 1988, Introduction to Geophysical Prospecting
(fourth edition): McGraw-Hill, Inc., 867 p. (for those interested in survey
methods and a less technical discussion of the theory).
Lectures
MW 11:00 – 12:30 (but variable lengths depending on meetings). Room TBD.
Format
Primarily discussion / lectures with examples and weekly assignments. Some
FORTRAN programming will be required and other programs such as Excel and PSI-plot
will be used. Computers in Macelwane 3** are loaded with the appropriate
software.
Evaluation
Students will be evaluated on assignments; there will not be a mid term or
final examination.
Other
References
Photocopied material will be supplied throughout the course. Internet
sources will also be used.
What
You Are Expected to Know
Students will benefit from having had a first course in general physics,
especially if it includes potential theory. Calculus III will be required and
some knowledge of partial differential equations will be useful. The emphasis of
the course will be on the practical interpretation of gravity and magnetic data.
Students
are expected to be able to use a computer word processor for the assignments
using LaTeX or Microsoft Word.
Academic
Integrity and Honesty
Students
are expected to be honest in their academic work.
The University reserves the right to penalize any student whose academic
conduct at any time is, in its judgment, detrimental to the University.
Such Conduct shall include cases of plagiarism, collusion, cheating,
giving or receiving or offering or soliciting information in examinations, or
the use of previously prepared material in examinations or quizzes.
Violations should be reported to your course instructor, who will
investigate and adjudicate them according to the Policy on Academic Honesty of
the College of Arts and Sciences. If the charges are found to be true, the student may be
liable for academic or disciplinary probation, suspension, or expulsion by the
University.
Students
with Special Needs - Disability Services.
Any
student who feels that he/she may need academic accommodations in order to meet
the requirements of this course-as outlined in the syllabus, due to presence of
a disability, should contact the Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action.
Please telephone the office at 314-977-8885, or visit DuBourg Hall Room
36. Confidentiality will be
observed in all inquiries.
http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/wgmt/pacnw/pblakely.html
Blakely’s USGS examples:
1. Puget Sound Aeromagnetics
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-514/
2. Tualatin Mountains Gravity Survey
http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/wgmt/pacnw/tunnel/index.html
3.
Aeromagnetic Survey
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of00-188/
4.
Gravity Survey of Seattle Basin
http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/wgmt/pacnw/jello/jello1.html
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