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TPG4120

Engineering and Environmental Geophysics

Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Autumn 2010
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Oral examination and Work

About

About the course

Course content

Seismic methods (refraction and reflection), Electrical methods (profiling, vertical sounding and 2D (3D) measurements), Electromagnetic methods (Slingram, VLF, TEM), Georadar, Radiometry and well logging. The lectures are limited to the topics which are relevant to engineering- and environmental explorations.

Learning outcome

Understanding of possibilities and limitations to different geophysical methods wich are used in engineering geophysics, hydrogeophysics, geotechnical and environmental engineering explorations.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, field measurements/field demonstrations, Exercises (interpretations included reporting). Exercises count for 25% of the final grade. The course will, if necessary, be held in English out of consideration to registered students.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Course materials

John M. Reynolds: An Introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics, John Wiley & Sons, Course notes and selected articles/reports.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIG4017 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Geophysics
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Oral examination and Work
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010

Muntlig eksamen
Weighting 75/100 Date 2010-12-10 Time 09:00
Arbeider
Weighting 25/100

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