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Environmental applications of geophysical surveying techniques /

Geophysical techniques provide useful information about the subsurface with suitable techniques chosen for particular environments or problems. Thus resistivity would be considered more useful than gravity for the detection of contaminant plumes whereas gravity is ideal for the detection of cavities...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gibson, Paul J. (Paul Jude), 1954-
Otros Autores: Gibson, Paul J., George, Dorothy M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Geology and mineralogy research developments
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Geophysical techniques provide useful information about the subsurface with suitable techniques chosen for particular environments or problems. Thus resistivity would be considered more useful than gravity for the detection of contaminant plumes whereas gravity is ideal for the detection of cavities. There are two major advantages in adopting a geophysical approach to studying the subsurface: the non-destructive and very cost-effective nature of most geophysical surveys. This book should be of great benefit to undergraduate and postgraduate students who are taking geology or geophysics courses. It is also aimed at a wider audience, those who need to know what exists below the surface and those to whom the state of that subsurface, and hence to a large extent our environmental well being, is important. Geophysics is a science that transcends the usual disciplinary boundaries, so this book will also be beneficial for engineers, geologists, planners, archaeologists, hydrologists, geographers and environmental scientists. Equations in this book are restricted to those that are essential to provide a better understanding of a particular technique or specific theoretical concept. High school mathematics is all that is required to comprehend their use.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-352) and index.
ISBN:9781626184459
1626184453
1626184526
9781626184527