Geophysics 9509

Geophysics 9509: Geophysics Field School

The geophysics field techniques 11-day short course will occur from Sun. Aug 25^th to Wed. Sept 4^th 2024. Course delivery will be in person on campus with four field days just outside of London (day trips). Short course days are full days: 8:30am to 6-8pm each day.

The course provides practical application of various geophysical techniques (gravity, magnetics, electrical, electro-magnetics, seismics, and ground-penetrating radar). Geophysical surveys are used to characterize subsurface ground conditions with industry applications to: natural hazard mitigation; anthropological, environmental and civil engineering studies; and resource exploration. After three days of instruction and equipment testing, students are assembled into competing "companies" to plan, acquire, process and interpret geophysical field surveys over four days at two field sites. Each student team gives an oral presentation of their company’s professional report. Individual student assessments consistent of a short oral exam and professional written reports on the two field sites.

There is no additional registration cost for this field course. As this is a Fall term course, you will be able to register in late August with your other Fall term courses, noting the course occurs the 11-days prior to Fall term start.

Everyone intending to register for this course, please contact the instructor.

Anyone interested to know more or wishing to register without the course pre-requisite of ES2220 (e.g., students from anthropology, environmental science, engineering), also please contact the instructor:

Dr. Sheri Molnar, smolnar8@uwo.ca

The 2023 course syllabus (same syllabus for GP9509A) is available at:

/earth/docs/Course_Outlines_23-24/ES4451_GP9509%20Syllabus%202023.pdf