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Geophysics

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 544-0959/01
Abbreviation GEOPHY
Course title Geophysics
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Lubomil Pospíšil, CSc.

Subject syllabus

The position of geophysics in the sciences of the Earth, basic concepts.
Basic physical properties of rocks influencing the measured physical fields.
Gravimetry method, derived gravity fields, regional and residual, anomalies, interpretation of gravimetric data.
Magnetometry, geoelectric methods, electrochemical methods, data processing and interpretation.
Electromagnetic methods and their use in geology.
Radionuclide methods, Seismic methods, interpretation of seismic measurements.
Logging methods, characteristics of the measured field, types of detected anomalies and their interpretation,
Geothermal energy - methods of field measurements contact, contactless, interpretation, application and use.
The role of geophysics in hydrogeology and engineering geological survey.
Seismology, geodynamics and deep structure.

Literature

Reeves, C.; Aeromagnetic Surveys - Principles, Practice & Interpretation. 2005, Earthworks, Published by Getech,Leeds, 1-155.
Milsom, J.; Field Geophysics, Published by John Wiley&Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern, 2003.
Telford, W. M., Geldart, L., P., Sheriff, R., E.; Applied Geophysisc Second Edition, Published 2001 by The Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Grant, F.S., West, G. F., 1996: Interpretation Theory in Applied Geophysics. McGraw-Hill, Toronto, 584 stran

Advised literature

Milsom, J.; Field Geophysics, Published by John Wiley&Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern, 2003.
Fajklewicz, Z.; Applied Gravimetry. AGH University of Sci. And Technology Press, Cracow, 2007, 433pp, (in Polish)
Lines L.R. And Newrick, R.T., Fundamentals of geophysical interpretation. Geophysical Monograph Series, Published by Society Of Exploration Geophysicists, NUMBER 13, ISBN 978-0-931830-56-3 , 273p, 2004.
Fairhead D. J.; Advances in Gravity and Magnetic Processing and Interpretation. EAGE Publications bv, PO Box 59, 3990 DB Houten, The Netherlands, ISBN 978-94-6282-175-0 , 338pp, 2015.