GEOL 4714/5714 Field Geophysics

Fall 2002
Department of Geological Sciences , University of Colorado at Boulder.

Instructor: Prof. Anne Sheehan (303)492-4597, afs@cires.colorado.edu

Office Hours: Mon., Wed., 2 - 3 p.m., BESC Rm 440A

Class Info:

Syllabus

Field Notebook and Laboratory Report Guidelines

Term Project Guidelines

weather for Erie, CO

Class pictures updated 10/8/02

Practice Midterm Exam from 1999

Lab Info:

Surveying Info

  • GPS How to
  • GPS - description of Garmin12XL
  • DGPS(Magellan ProMark)
  • Lab Handout
  • Scavenger hunt worksheet
  • Total Station How-to
  • Total station worksheet(coming soon-hopefully!)
  • vector additiona basic site
  • another vector addition site a good vector site!

    • Seismic refraction

  • Seismic refraction handout on our experiments
  • Seismic refraction how-to
  • Seismic refraction - description of method
  • Refraction FAQ
  • Computer Tutorial for the Burger software
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    Resistivity

  • Resistivity description
  • Resistivity How-to
  • Craig Jones' Resistivity FAQ's also includes a very good explanation on how to fit apparant resistivity curves
  • Instructions on Resistivity software/analysis

    • Electromagnetivity

  • Electromagnetic Methods
  • some examples of EM-31 uses
  • instructions for using the data logger
  • Craig Jones' Surfer instructions
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    Magnetics

  • Magnetic Field Animation
  • Magnetics description
  • Magnetics and Gravity primer
  • Geomagnetic Forecasts
  • magnetic model
  • IGRF model
  • Geomagnetic Storm Level

    • Ground Penetrating Radar

  • Ground Penetrating Radar description
  • a nice site about how to use GPR and for what to use it!
  • examples of data from the 1998 field class

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    Gravity

  • Gravity description
  • Gravity page at UC Davis
  • Gravity Field Work How-to
  • Gravity Handout
  • example of a Gravity spreadsheet

    • GPS

  • Global Positioning System (GPS) Overview
  • GPS Tutorial

    • Other Useful Links:

    Links to similar geophysics field courses at other institution:

  • EAS4420 at Georgia Tech
  • Other geoscience course materials on the web

    • Geophysics Case Histories

  • Applied Geophysics Case Histories
  • Nice slide show of many case histories
  • More case histories

    • Installing an earthquake seismic network

  • Guidelines for siting seismic stations - short
  • Guidelines for siting and constructing vault for seismic stations - long

    Other Earthquake seismology links:

  • Seismo-surfing the internet
  • Recent seismicity maps on the WWW
  • Passcal Web Page

    • Seismic Reflection

  • Seismic reflection description
  • Seismic reflection tutorial
  • Another Reflection Tutorial

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    Archaeology geophysical case studies:

  • Archaeology Web Page
  • Geophysical Prospection
  • A nice overview of Archaeology and Geophysics

    • Professional Societies:

  • American Geophysical Union Homepage
  • Society of Exploration Geophysicists Homepage

    • Geophysical Equipment vendors and equipment info:

  • Terraplus
  • Gisco
  • Information on Batteries

    • Material from Past Courses

  • Boulder Seismic Network Photos
  • Fall 1999 Class web page
  • Fall 2000 Class web page
  • Vibroseis Field Trip Photos, Fall 1999
  • Spanish Peaks Field Trip Photos, Fall 1999
  • Matt's Field Trip Photos
    • This web page is maintained by Anne Sheehan. Please send any comments on this page to her at afs@mantle.colorado.edu.