Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Prem V. Sharma

ISBN 10: 0521576326 / ISBN 13: 9780521576321

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Geophysical imaging methods provide solutions to a wide range of environmental and engineering problems: protection of soil and groundwater from contamination, disposal of chemical and nuclear waste, geotechnical site testing, landslide and ground subsidence hazard detection, location of archaeological artefacts. This book comprehensively describes the theory, data acquisition and interpretation of all of the principal techniques of geophysical surveying: gravity, magnetic, seismic, self-potential, resistivity, induced polarization, electromagnetic, ground-probing radar, radioactivity, geothermal, and geophysical borehole logging. A final chapter is devoted to inversion theory and tomography. Each chapter is supported by a large number of richly illustrated case histories. This book will prove to be a valuable course-book for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in environmental and applied geophysics, a supplementary course-book for students of geology, engineering geophysics, civil and mining engineering, and a reference work for professional earth scientists, engineers and town planners.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Environmental and Engineering Geophysics
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521576326
• ISBN 13: 9780521576321
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 189H x 27D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 189 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 957 grams

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Synopsis

Geophysical imaging methods provide solutions to a wide variety of environmental and engineering problems: protection of soil and groundwater from contamination; disposal of chemical and nuclear waste; geotechnical site testing; landslide and ground subsidence hazard detection; location of archaeological artifacts. This book comprehensively describes the theory, data acquisition and interpretation of all of the principal techniques of geophysical surveying: gravity, magnetic, seismic, self-potential, resistivity, induced polarization, electromagnetic, ground-probing radar, radioactivity, geothermal, and geophysical borehole logging. Each chapter is supported by a large number of richly illustrated case histories. This book will prove to be a valuable textbook for senior undergraduates and postgraduates in environmental and applied geophysics, a supplementary course book for students of geology, engineering geophysics, civil and mining engineering, and a reference work for professional earth scientists, engineers and town planners.

Book Description

Geophysical imaging methods provide solutions to a wide range of environmental and engineering problems. This book comprehensively describes all of the principal techniques of geophysical surveying: gravity, magnetic, seismic, self-potential, resistivity, induced polarization, electromagnetic, ground-probing radar, radioactivity, geothermal, and borehole logging. Each chapter is supported by a large number of richly illustrated case histories. A valuable course-book for senior undergraduates and postgraduates in environmental and applied geophysics, this book will also serve as a supplementary textbook for students of geology and engineering, and a reference work for professional earth scientists, engineers and town planners.