306165 (v.3) Environmental Geophysics 618
| Area: | Department of Exploration Geophysics |
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| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Fieldwork: | 1 x 8 Hours Once-only |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Syllabus: | Soil porosity and electrical properties of soils, rocks and groundwater. Environmental magnetism and radiometrics. Management of agricultural land in saline environments: defining the problem in geophysical terms. Airborne radiometric surveys and soil/regolith mapping. Mapping salt storage with ground based and downhole EM and resistivity systems. Airborne electromagnetic methods for environmental investigations. DEM in salinity studies. Data integration in GIS and Data mining. Groundwater exploration. Mapping groundwater contamination. Environmental impact of geophysical surveys. Archaeology and geophysics. |
| Field of Education: | 010705 Geophysics |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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