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This course will be a mixture of lectures, field-based acquisition and tutorials where data sets will be processed and interpreted. Course assessment is based on two reports, one on MASW and the other on seismic reflection processing and interpretation.A prerequisite of GEOL331, ENCI472 and/or ENGE480 is expected and recommended.
Subject to approval of the Head of Department.
Friday 9-11 in Room 315 (unless otherwise notified). One 1-day weekend field trip, to be arranged prior to the start of Week 17 (prior to 9 August).
For further information see Geological Sciences Head of Department
Seismic Methods for Shallow Exploration and EngineeringCourse ProgrammeWeek 13 – Review of P, S and surface waves and the whole wave field (reflections, refractions, ground roll).Week 14 – Surface wave methods (SASW, MASW).Weeks 15 and 16 – Field data acquisition on campus and processing of data.Weeks 17 to 19 – Processing of shallow land-based seismic reflection data (10 m – 3 km) using the Visual SUNT processing package. NOTE: This is likely to be the ETH Mt Thomas Road data sets or possibly a towed array seismic data set from Pegasus Bay. There will be 1 day of field acquisition involved on a weekend prior to Week 17.Weeks 20 to 22 – An introduction to the interpretation of seismic reflection data using the Kingdom Suite package.Week 23 – Seismic tomography.Week 24 – Introduction to 3D seismic and recent developments in acquisition, processing and interpretation of seismic data. Summary and group discussion.Field WorkOne day of group field work will be arranged to be completed on a weekend prior to Week 17.
Domestic fee $760.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Geological Sciences .