Contents


Preface

Applied geophysics is based on physics principles that collect and interpret data on subsurface conditions for practical purposes, including oil and gas exploration, mineral prospecting, geothermal exploration, groundwater exploration, engineering applications, archeological interests, and environmental concerns. The depth of applied geophysics is shallow, typically from the ground surface to several kilometers deep where economic, cultural, engineering, or environmental concerns often arise. Applied geophysics uses almost all of the current geophysical methods, including electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic, gravimetric, geothermal, seismic, seismoelectric, magnetotelluric, nuclear, and radioactive methods. In applied geophysics, geophysicists are usually required to have a good understanding of math and physics principles, knowledge of geology and computer skills, and hand-on experience of electronic instruments. A geophysicist's routine job includes survey designs, data acquisition, data processing, and data interpretation with detailed

This book provides a general introduction to the most important methods of applied geophysics with a variety of case studies. These methods represent a primary tool for investigation of the subsurface and are applicable to a very wide range of problems. Contributors to this book have made an effort to put their ideas into simple terms without forgoing quality. The text covers the state of the art and future

The principal object of this book is to place all the recent interesting and technical literature in one location, particularly the analysis of seismic responses using nonlinear methods, radiometric mapping of hydrothermal alterations, wave modeling and subsurface seismic imaging, geotechnical modeling with seismic tomography, electrical resistivity tomography, fine-scale depositional system studies with highresolution sequence framework, induced polarization/resistivity applications, and

I consider this book to be convenient for self-study by engineers and scientists in any discipline related to earth sciences, especially in applied geophysical methods.

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geophysical Engineering,

**Ali Ismet Kanlı, PhD** Professor of Geophysics,

Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa,

Avcilar Campus, Istanbul-Turkey

explanation of the study.

directions in relation to applied geophysics.

rock physics interpretation in geothermal reservoirs.
