GEOL 4714/5714 Field Geophysics

Fall 1999
Department of Geological Sciences , University of Colorado at Boulder.

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

Office Hours: WR, 1:30 - 2:30, ESCI Rm 440A

Syllabus

Field Notebook and Laboratory Report Guidelines

Term Project Guidelines

Information on Batteries

Vibroseis Field Trip Photos, Fall 1999

Spanish Peaks Field Trip Photos, Fall 1999

Matt's Field Trip Photos

Seismic refraction

  • Seismic refraction handout on our experiments

  • Seismic refraction - description of method

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    Seismic Reflection
  • Seismic reflection description

  • Seismic reflection tutorial

  • Another Reflection Tutorial

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    Ground Penetrating Radar

  • Ground Penetrating Radar description

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    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

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    • Magnetics

  • Magnetic Field Animation
  • Magnetics description

  • Magnetics and Gravity primer

  • Geomagnetic Storm Level

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    Gravity

  • Gravity description

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    Resistivity
  • Resistivity description

  • Mt. Rainier resistivity

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    Electromagnetic Methods
    GPS
  • Global Positioning System (GPS) Overview

  • GPS Tutorial
    • Links to similar geophysics field courses at other institutions:

  • EAS4420 at Georgia Tech

  • GP311 at Colorado School of Mines

  • Other geoscience course materials on the web

    • Geophysics Case Histories
  • Applied Geophysics Case Histories

  • Nice slide show of many case histories

  • More case histories

    • 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

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    Geophysical Equipment vendors:

  • Terraplus

  • Gisco

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    Material from Past Courses

  • Photos from Fall '96

  • Boulder Seismic Network Photos

  • Fall 1998 Class web page

    • This web page is maintained by Anne Sheehan. Please send any comments on this page to her at afs@mantle.colorado.edu.