Looking into the earth : an introduction to geological geophysics / Alan E. Mussett, M. Aftab Khan ; illustrations by Sue Button.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.Description: xix, 470p., [8]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780521785747 (pbk.) :
- 9780521780858 (hbk.) :
- 0521780853
- 550 MUS
- QE500 .M87 2000
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 550 MUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 201532 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-456) and index.
Preface; 1. Introducing geophysics and this book; Part I. Geophysical Methods: 2. Data acquisition and reduction: carrying out a geophysical survey; 3. Data processing: getting more information from the data; 4. Global seismology and seismic waves; 5. Earthquakes and seismotectonics; 6. Refraction seismology; 7. Seismic reflection; 8. Gravity on a small scale; 9. Large-scale gravity and isostasy; 10. Palaeomagnetism and mineral magnetism; 11. Magnetic surveying; 12. Resistivity methods; 13. Induced polarisation and self-potential; 14. Electromagnetic methods; 15. The ages of rocks and minerals: radiometric dating; 16. Radioactive surveying; 17. Geothermics: heat and temperature in the Earth; 18. Well-logging and other sub-surface geophysics; Part II. Examples of Applications: 19. Which geophysical methods to use?; 20. Global tectonics; 21. Is the Kenya Rift a new plate margin? - a regional geophysical study; 22. Hydrocarbon exploration; 23. Exploration for metalliferous ores; 24. Volcanoes; 25. The Chicxulub structure and the K/T mass extinction; 26. Hydrogeology and contaminated land; 27. Location of cavities and voids; 28. Archaeological site surveying.
This volume describes the principles and applications of both global and exploration geophysics on all scales. It describes the geophysical methods and illustrates their use in a number of extended case histories.