GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES APPLIED TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Professor: Roberto FRANCESE
Academic discipline: Geofisica applicata (GEO/11)
Field: Discipline geofisiche
Type of training activity: Characterising

100 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ITALIAN

lectures timetable

exam calls

Learning objectives

Understanding the fundamentals of the major geophysical prospecting techniques for environmental and engineering purposes and to exploit georesources.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

SEISMIC METHODS
- borehole seismic;
- first-break tomography;
- seismic reflection;
- SASW, MASW, ReMi;
- HVSR.
ELECTRICAL METHODS
VES;
Earth Resistivity Tomography.
GPR METHOD.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Course notes.

Applied Geophysics (2nd edition) by W. M. Telford, L. P. Geldart and R. E. Sheriff, Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Introduction to Applied Geophysics: Exploring the Shallow Subsurface by H. Robert Burger, Anne F. Sheehan, Craig H. Jones, N & C pub., 2006.

Teaching methods

Lectures, Laboratories, Field and team work.
Lectures will cover both theory and applications.
Laboratory work will be organized in groups of three-four students focusing on the solution of practical problems also using data collected during field work.