Geophysics: Field Measurements

✍ Scribed by Charles G. Sammis

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 637
• Series: Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences 24B
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Geophysics......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
1. Introduction......Page 14
2. Historical Development......Page 15
3. Nature of Seismic Ground Motions......Page 24
4. Basic Types of Seismic Sensors......Page 27
5. Damping Devices and Transducers......Page 38
6. Pendulum-Galvanometer Interaction......Page 45
7. Central Recording and Networking......Page 48
8. Recent Developments in Seismographs......Page 63
References......Page 86
1. Introduction: The Ocean Acoustic Environment......Page 90
2. Echo Sounders......Page 100
3. Bottom-Imaging Sonars......Page 110
4. Acoustics for Position Determination......Page 123
5. A System Example......Page 133
References......Page 136
1. Introduction......Page 140
2. Instrumentation......Page 146
3. Applications......Page 155
References......Page 172
1. Introduction and Historical Summary......Page 176
2. Geodetic Satellites......Page 177
3. Satellite Orbit Dynamics......Page 183
4. Data Analysis......Page 191
References......Page 199
1. Introduction......Page 202
2. Temperature......Page 205
3. Thermal Conductivity......Page 219
5. Heat Flow Calculation......Page 226
6. Miscellaneous Techniques......Page 230
7. Future Research......Page 232
References......Page 234
1. Introduction......Page 240
2. Temperature Gradients......Page 242
3. Thermal Conductivity......Page 261
4. Heat Flow......Page 267
References......Page 272
1. Introduction......Page 278
2. Elementary Electromagnetic Theory......Page 279
3. Electrical Properties of Earth Materials......Page 296
4. Basic Principles of Resistivity and Induced Polarization Surveys......Page 304
5. Magnetotelluric Method......Page 326
6. Controlled-Source Electromagnetic Methods......Page 359
References......Page 379
1. Introduction......Page 390
2. Surface Measurements......Page 392
3. Near-Surface Measurements......Page 396
4. Deep Measurements......Page 406
5. State of Stress in the Earth’s Crust......Page 417
6. Future Research......Page 418
References......Page 419
1. Aims and Problems of Continous Deformation Measurement......Page 422
2. Quantities to be Measured......Page 423
3. General Design Features......Page 428
4. Tiltmeters: Particular Designs......Page 437
5. Strainmeters......Page 442
6. Conclusions......Page 447
References......Page 448
1. Introduction......Page 454
2. Geological and Petrophysical Interpretation of Logging Measurements......Page 472
3. The Physics of Logging Measurements......Page 514
References......Page 622
Index......Page 630
Contents of Volume 24, Part A......Page 637