625304 Applied Geophysics

Subject Modules 2002

Lecture Support

Web versions of lecture presentations
Downloadable copies of lecture presentations
Textbook References

Web Segment

Attribution
Important Notes for Melbourne Students

Tutorials

The FAQ page

The Spreadsheet page

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There will be twelve lectures covering the subject material in a conventional approach. A Powerpoint presentation will be used which will also be available via the Web.

Links will be live when the documents are available.

Introduction

Gravity

Magnetics

Electrical

Seismic

 

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These will be Adobe Acrobat copies of the actual lecture presentations. You will need a password to open these files; the password will be announced during class.

Links will be live when the documents are available. There are two versions: a colour version, one screen per page, as presented during class, and a black-and-white version, six screens per page, for notetaking support. I recommend using the colour version only for onscreen revision, as printing them will use a lot of coloured ink rendering the screen backgrounds (printing them in black and white will not generally succeed).

Introduction and the black-and-white notes version

Gravity and the black-and-white notes version

Magnetics and the black-and-white notes version

Electrical and the black-and-white notes version

Seismic and the black-and-white notes version

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The Web segment includes references at the beginning of each module. Short references to texts are:

General texts:

• Reynolds: An introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics (Wiley)
• Telford, Geldart and Sheriff: Applied Geophysics (Cambridge UP)
• Keary and Brooks: Introduction to Geophysical Exploration ()
• Burger: Exploration Geophysics of the Shallow Subsurface (Prentice Hall)
• Milsom: Field Geophysics

An All-purpose backup:

Sheriff: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Exploration Geophysics (SEG).

The Bookroom was notified in 2001 that the highlighted texts are recommended texts, so that they can be purchased with the GST exemption discount if ordered. Note that the Bookroom will probably not carry stocks of these texts, as they are not prescribed texts.

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The Web segment has been developed by a Colorado School of Mines team led by Tom Boyd. A link to the current state of the original can be found within the ES304 site, but students at Melbourne should use the local version.

I affirm that I have read and understood the terms of the license agreement. This implementation ("ES304") is intended only for students of 625-304 Applied Geophysics at The University of Melbourne.

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The University of Melbourne site has been modified slightly to support the 625304 Applied Geophysics subject. Students enrolled in this subject will be supported by lectures, tutorials, and email responses. The practical classes will be offered in the Imac Lab in the School of Earth Sciences. However, students are encouraged to work independently as much as you wish, either from home or at other public computer labs around the campus. The site material is not platform-specific; any Java-enabled browser, word processor and spreadsheet will be able to use the material. (Be aware, however, that problems with home computers will not normally be grounds for extensions of time.)

Students should make sure that they have floppy disk(s) to save datafiles generated during practical classes.

The changes to localise the original site have not extended to changing the dollar costs suggested at various places in the webfiles from $US to $AUD. Please treat these as indicative only!

The structure of the site calls for submission of short reports. You can submit these in hardcopy, or by email (or both). If you submit a hardcopy version, hand it in at the Earth Sciences Office with a standard cover sheet for datestamping. 

[Students should take note of the University's policies about plagiarism and collusion, represented for instance in the University Diary as Regulation 12.2.10. Reports submitted in this subject should not be plagiarised, or the result of collusion. You may be asked to sign a declaration to that effect for any or all reports, even if you submit your reports electronically.]

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There will be one tutorial each week. This is expected to be reactive/interactive, so come prepared with (or submit earlier) questions. I do plan to start with some tutorial introduction on spreadsheets in the first week or two. During tutorial times I also hope to arrange for hardware and software demonstrations, and to have visiting speakers from time to time, but student questions about course material will take precedence.

 FAQ

 As the semester proceeds, frequently-asked (and anticipated) questions will be answered on a separate page, linked to most pages in the site. Check this before emailing queries, please!