This book covers the following
topics: Applied Geophysics, Engineering Geophysics, History Of Geophysics,
Relation Between Geology And Geophysics, Magnetic Susceptibility Of Rock and
Minerals, Elastic Properties Of Materials, Electrical Properties Of Rock,
Electrical Conductivity, General Review Of Geophysical Methods, Geophysical
Anomalies, Ambiguity In The Interpretation Of Geophysical Anomalies, Noise In
The Interpretation Of The Geophysical Data, Field Geophysical Surveying,
Representation Of Geophysical Measurements, The Place Of Geophysics In Solving
Geological and Environmental Problems, Layers Of The Earth, Planning and
Coordinating Geophsical Work.
This note describes the following topics: Fundamental
considerations, Seismic refraction method, Seismic reflection method, Earthquake
seismology, Electrical method, Gravity method and magnetic method.
Author(s): Abdullah M. Al-Amri,King Saud University, Riyadh
geophysics is the
application of method of physics to the study of the Earth. This book explains
the following topics in Geophysics: Gravimetry, Newton’s Law of Gravitation,
Gravity effect of selected bodies, Magnetometry, Magnetism of rocks and
minerals, Magnetic measurements for an archaeological prospection, Geoelectrical
methods, Resistivities of rocks and minerals.
This lecture note contains the
following subtopics of Geophysics, The Earth in the Solar System, The Earth's
Gravitational Field, The Magnetic Field of the Earth, Seismology and
Geodynamics.
This note contains the
following subtopics such as Fracture and friction, Earthquake models and
statistics I: Burridge-Knopoff and Continuum models, Earthquake models and
statistics II: SOC and other models.
Author(s): Hikaru Kawamura, Hikaru
Kawamura, Soumyajyoti Biswas and Bikas K. Chakrabarti