Student
prepares to use horizontal loop EM transmitter near
Desert Hot Springs California.
Cross section
representations of horizontal loop EM data from traverses across
the Mission Springs Fault near Desert Hot Springs California. |
Geophysics uses physical properties, such as
electrical conductivity, magnetization, density, and the ability
to transmit and reflect propagating waves, to interpret the
earth.
Applied geophysicists use techniques that measure
these physical properties to determine the near-surface characteristics
of rock and soil. They work in environmental, mining, and petroleum
industries. They conduct site investigations using geophysical
techniques before the construction of dams, roads, buildings,
landfills, and waste repositories and before mining for precious
metals and drilling for oil and gas. |
