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Summary
Summary
This combination of textbook and reference manual provides a comprehensive account of gravity and magnetic methods for exploring the subsurface using surface, marine, airborne and satellite measurements. It describes key current topics and techniques, physical properties of rocks and other Earth materials, and digital data analysis methods used to process and interpret anomalies for subsurface information. Each chapter starts with an overview and concludes by listing key concepts to consolidate new learning. An accompanying website presents problem sets and interactive computer-based exercises, providing hands-on experience of processing, modeling and interpreting data. A comprehensive online suite of full-color case histories illustrates the practical utility of modern gravity and magnetic surveys. This is an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses and reference text for research academics and professional geophysicists. It is a valuable resource for all those interested in petroleum, engineering, mineral, environmental, geological and archeological exploration of the lithosphere.
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This well-written, comprehensive textbook and reference source will provide students with the basic fundamentals of the geophysical methods of gravity and magnetics, including data acquisition, processing, modeling, and practical interpretation. Much of the included mathematics will be familiar to students in the geosciences, but knowledge of advanced mathematics will be helpful. For the most part, however, the mathematics is kept to a minimum. Hinze (emer., Purdue Univ.), von Frese (Ohio State Univ.), and Saad (Saad GeoConsulting) begin each chapter with a brief overview and conclude with a summary that will help students focus on essential aspects of each chapter. The figures and tables are an added value as they help illustrate key points. This reviewer was sometimes frustrated with the accompanying website, which would, at times, not allow easy access to the additional study questions, exercises, enhanced figures, etc. However, when he was able to access the site, the supplemental content was worth the frustration. This valuable resource will be beneficial to geophysics students now and well into the future, as they enter careers in the field. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. M. S. Field U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Table of Contents
Preface |
Acknowledgements |
List of symbols |
Part I Introduction |
1 Introduction |
Part II Gravity Exploration |
2 The gravity method |
3 Gravity potential theory |
4 Density of Earth materials |
5 Gravity data acquisition |
6 Gravity data processing |
7 Gravity anomaly interpretation |
Part III Magnetic Exploration |
8 The magnetic method |
9 Magnetic potential theory |
10 Magnetization of Earth materials |
11 Magnetic data acquisition |
12 Magnetic data processing |
13 Magnetic anomaly interpretation |
Part IV Applications |
14 Applications of the gravity and magnetic methods |
Appendix A Data systems processing |
References |
Index |