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A general review of Engineering Geophysics with field examples
by
D.S. Parasnis
Luleå Technical University, Luleå, Sweden
The scope of Engineering Geophysics, like that of Applied Geophysics, of which it is a part, is difficult to define. What basically characterizes Engineering Geophysics is the small scale of the work, both in time and space, whether it be for solving problems in archaeology, quaternary geology, hydrology, mining, waste disposal monitoring, testing of bridge and building foundation, landslides and so on. Very often the problems have to be solved rather quickly unlike as in oil or mineral prospecting where the working scale is in years and decades. There is often little time, or money, for very highly sophisticated data processing, although in recent years this difficulty has been mitigated by the advent of fast computer programs.
After a discussion of the scopes of Applied and Engineering Geophysics, and a an indication of the progress that has been made in the last 25 years, this lecture presents a few examples from the spectrum of Engineering Geophysics covering principally the use of magnetic, resistivity, GPR, gravity and seismic methods for solving problems in borehole detection, waste dump monitoring, hydrology, water resource assessment and quaternary geology.
Date received: September 11, 2004
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