An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration (Geoscience Texts) - Softcover

Kearey, Philip; Brooks, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0632029234 ISBN 13: 9780632029235

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1991

Synopsis

The new edition of this classic text provides a general but comprehensive introduction to the most important methods and techniques of geophysical exploration. These methods represent a primary tool for investigation of the subsurface and are applicable to a wide range of problems. This new edition incorporates many suggestions made by users of the first edition and covers all the major advances and developments in exploration geophysics. New chapters on radiometric surveying and geophysical borehole logging are included in addition to new sections on vertical seismic profiling, marine gravimeters, time–domain electromagnetic methods, non–contacting resistivity measurements and ground–penetrating radar. The authors have also expanded their treatment of three–dimensional seismic surveying and seismic stratigraphy. The lucid style of the first edition is maintained and a major addition to this new edition is the inclusion of a set of problems at the end of each main chapter.

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Review

On the first edition:

Reading this book has given me considerable pleasure. I have enjoyed its style and presentation of methodology and theory, although naturally the latter is short in an introductory text. I also enjoy the way the subject of geophysical exploration is organised, clarifying both general principles and special aspects and methods. I recommend this text to teachers and also to students for their self study. (Journal of Geophysics)

This is a well balanced, clearly illustrated, modern introduction to geophysical exploration methods, which will provide students of all ages with a sound understanding of the principal techniques and the wide range of their applications in resource exploration and engineering geology. (Bulletin of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy)

From the Back Cover

This new edition of the well–established text is fully updated to reflect the important developments in geophysical methods since the production of the previous edition. The broad scope of previous editions is maintained, with even greater clarity of explanations from the revised text and extensively revised figures. Each of the major geophysical methods is treated systematically developing the theory behind the method and detailing the instrumentation, field data acquisition techniques, data processing and interpretation methods. The practical application of each method to such diverse exploration applications as petroleum, groundwater, engineering, environmental and forensic is shown by case histories.

The mathematics required in order to understand the text is purposely kept to a minimum, so the book is suitable for courses taken in geophysics by all undergraduate students. It will also be of use to postgraduate students who might wish to include geophysics in their studies and to all professional geologists who wish to discover the breadth of the subject in connection with their own work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0632029234
• ISBN 13: 9780632029235
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 264