625304 Applied Geophysics

Networking 2000

Going Onwards and upwards...

Some related Websites
Scientific and Professional Societies
Project Opportunities
Field Camp
Background Reading (new)

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The parent site

• GP311 Introduction to Exploration Geophysics

Links to much WWW material

• The Virtual Geophysics Professor

A very-basic starter

• Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
  - basic introduction to Exploration Geophysics

The host institutions for this subject

• The University of Melbourne School of Earth Sciences
• The Victorian Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences

National organisations with geophysics arms

• The Australian Geological Survey Organisation
• The United States Geological Survey

Popular interest in Geophysics

• Recent Earthquakes
• The Weather

Yet another multilink

• The WWW Virtual Library - Geophysics
   

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Local

The Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists

• offers free first-year membership for geophysics students

International

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

American Geophysical Union

Related Groups

Geological Society of Australia

• Offers free first-year membership for geology students, and has specialist groups in geophysics

Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

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Honours projects at Melbourne will be offered next year to students with appropriate interests and a Geology, Physics, or Engineering background. See Lindsay Thomas for more details.

Staff at the Victorian Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences, of which The University of Melbourne School of Earth Sciences is a partner, offer Honours and postgraduate project opportunities in a variety of geophysical and geological fields. Consult the VIEPS website for leads to staff and project information.

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A field camp for hands-on experience with geophysical equipment possibly will be run during the semester break, or after the examination period in November. This camp is usually run in conjunction with Monash University, and occupies about five days.
If the camp is scheduled in 2000, an announcement will be made during the semester. It will be a prerequisite for Honours in Geophysics at Melbourne, and will be part of the work requirement. 

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Background Reading

Here are some links to articles and commentaries on aspects of the Geophysical and Earth Sciences professions...

A discussion of science, scientists, engineers, and interpretation

An example of landfill investigation with geophysics

Some articles on education in geophysics

Careers in Potential Field Geophysics?