Uses of Geophysical Surveys
Credits: 1 PDH
PDH Course Description:
This course provides an overview of geophysical surveying applications. Within this course, three classes of objectives, applications, or uses are addressed when applying geophysical surveying methodologies: the measurement of geologic features, the in
situ determination of engineering properties, and the detection of hidden cultural features.
- Geologic features - may include faults, bedrock lows, discontinuities and voids, and groundwater.
- Engineering properties - that can be determined in situ include elastic moduli, electrical resistivity and, to a lesser degree, magnetic and density properties.
- Hidden cultural features - available for geophysical detection and characterization include buried underground tanks and pipes, contaminant plumes, and landfill boundaries.
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Intended Audience: This course is intended for professionally licensed surveyors, as well civil, petroleum, geotechnical, environmental, and other engineering professionals whose job description may require an intermediate knowledge of geophysical survey methodologies and their applications.
Publication Source: US Army Corp of Engineers
Donald Parnell, PE