In this module you will learn about electromagnetic geophysical methods.
Key Concepts¶
Physical understanding: Understand the physics behing electromagnetic geophysical methods.
- Right-Hand-Rule: Understand how electromagnetic waves propogate through the Earth.
- Electrical Resistivity: Understand what physical property electromagnetic geophysical measurements are most sensitive to.
Measurements: Get exposure to various electromagnetic methods and their strengths and weaknesses.
- MT: magnetotellruics
- TEM: transient electromagnetics
- GPR: ground-penetrating radar
Field Deployment: Understand survey design and instrument deployment.
- Survey Design: Understand the basics of survey design starting from a geologic target.
- Instrument Deployment: Understand basic instrument deployment/
Processing/Modeling: Get exposure to how data are processed, modelled.
- Processing: Understand the general workflow of estimating the Earth’s electrical response from field measurements.
- Modeling: Understand the various ways to model electromagnetic data.
Interpretation: Assimilate geologic knowledge with geophysical models
- Rock Properties: Think about various rock properties and how that might affect electrical resistivity
- Combined with Geology: Explore ways to interpret electromagnetic models starting with geology.