Materials are available as noted.
You should give a 5-minute oral presentation on one or a combination of any of the articles below. Please arrange with your classmates that there be no more than one presentation of any article.
Dobecki and Romig, 1985, Geotechnical and groundwater geophysics: Geophysics, v. 50, pages 2621-2636.
van Overmeeren, 1981, A combination of electrical resistivity, seismic refraction, and gravity measurements for groundwater exploration in Sudan: Geophysics, v. 46, pages 1304-1313.
Frangos, W. Electrical detection of leaks in lined waste disposal ponds. Geophysics. NOV 01 1997 v 62 n 6, p. 1737.
Stollar and Roux, 1975, Earth resistivity surveys - a method for defining ground-water contamination: Ground Water, v. 13, pages 145-150.
Wynn and Roseboom, 1987, Role of geophysics in identifying and characterizing sites for high-level nuclear waste repositories, J. Geophys. Res., v. 92, pages 7787-7796. Review of methods' sensitivities and applications.
Apostolopoulos, G.V. Louis, I. Lagios, E. The self-potential method in the geothermal exploration of Greece. Geophysics. NOV 01 1997 v 62 n 6, p. 1715.
Esparza, F.J. Gomez-Trevino, E. 1-D inversion of resistivity and induced polarization data for the least number of layers. Geophysics. NOV 01 1997 v 62 n 6, p. 1724.
Gershenson, M. Simple interpretation of time-domain electromagnetic sounding using similarities between wave and diffusion propagation. Geophysics. MAY 01 1997 v 62 n 3, p. 763.
Gupta, P.K. Niwas, S. Gaur, V.K. Straightforward inversion of vertical electrical sounding data. Geophysics. MAY 01 1997 v 62 n 3, p. 775.
McMechan, G.A. Gaynor, G.C. Szerbiak, R.B. Use of ground-penetrating radar for 3-D sedimentological characterization of clastic reservoir analogs. Geophysics. MAY 01 1997 v 62 n 3, p. 786.
Morris, M. Ronning, J.S. Lile, O.B. Detecting lateral resistivity inhomogeneities with the Schlumberger array. Geophysical prospecting. MAY 01 1997 v 45 n 3, p. 435.
Patella, D. Introduction to ground surface self-potential tomography. Geophysical prospecting. JUL 01 1997 v 45 n 4, p. 653.
Ritz, M. Descloitres, M. Courteaud, M. Audiomagnetotelluric prospecting for groundwater in the Baril coastal area, Piton de la Fournaise Volcano, Reunion Island. Geophysics. MAY 01 1997 v 62 n 3, p. 758.
Spicer, Kurt R. Costa, John E. Placzek, gary Measuring flood discharge in unstable stream channels using ground-penetrating radar. Geology. MAY 01 1997 v 25 n 5, p. 423.
Suman, R. J. Knight, R. J. Effects of pore structure and wettability on the electrical resistivity of partially saturated rocks -- A network study. (Geol 492.) Geophysics. JUL 01 1997 v 62 n 4, p. 1151
Brown, R.L. Seifert, D. Velocity dispersion: A tool for characterizing reservoir rocks. Geophysics. MAR 01 1997 v 62 n 2, p. 477.
Dominguez, Tonatiuh Rebollar, Cecilio J. Fabriol, Hubert Attenuation of Coda Waves at the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field, Baja California, Mexico. Bulletin of the seismological society of america OCT 01 1997 v 87 n 5, p. 1368.
Lou, M. Rial, J. A. Malin, P. E. Modeling fault-zone guided waves of microearthquakes in a geothermal reservoir. Geophysics. JUL 01 1997 v 62 n 4, p. 1278
Lou, M. Shalev, E. Malin, P. E. Shear-wave splitting and fracture alignments at the Northwest Geysers, California. Geophysical research letters. . AUG 01 1997 v 24 n 15, p. 1895.
MacBeth, C. Li, X.-Y. Queen, J. Processing of a nine-component near-offset VSP for seismic anisotropy. Geophysics. MAR 01 1997 v 62 n 2, p. 676. Geol 757
Majer, E.L. Peterson, J.E. Rizer, W. Fracture detection using crosswell and single well surveys. Geophysics. MAR 01 1997 v 62 n 2, p. 495.
Pollack, H. N., and Chapman, D. S., 1993, Underground records of changing climate: Scientific American, v. 268 no. 6 (June), p. 44-50. LME 320.
Alley, Richard B. Bender, Michael L. Greenland Ice Cores: Frozen in Time. For tens of thousands of years, ice accumulating in Greenland has preserved details of the earth's climate and atmosphere. By extracting samples that run kilometers deep, researchers can peer directly into the past. Hidden in that ancient ice are subtle clues as to when the next ice age might begin. Scientific American. FEB 01 1998 v 278 n 2, p. 80.
Bentley, C.R. Rapid Sea-Level Rise Soon from West Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse? Science. FEB 21 1997 v 275 n 5303, p. 1077.
Taylor, K. C. Mayewski, P. A. Zielinski, G. A. The Holocene-Younger Dryas Transition Recorded at Summit, Greenland. Science. OCT 31 1997 v 278 n 5339, p. 825.
Barbosa, V.C.F. Silva, J.B.C. Medeiros, W.E. Gravity inversion of basement relief using approximate equality constraints on depths. Geophysics. NOV 01 1997 v 62 n 6, p. 1745. Geol 453 engin
Barrash, Warren Morin, Roger H. Recognition of units in coarse, unconsolidated braided-stream deposits from geophysical log data with principal components analysis. Geology. AUG 01 1997 v 25 n 8, p. 687.
Boyd, TM PR Romig Cross-disciplinary education: The use of interactive case studies to teach geophysical exploration. Computers and Geosciences, v. 23/5, 1997 pp. 593-599.
Dolan, Sean S. Bean, Christopher J. Some remarks on the estimation of fractal scaling parameters from borehole wire-line logs. Geophysical research letters. . MAY 15 1997 v 24 n 10, p. 1271.
Evans, JP CB Forster, JV Goddard Permeability of Fault-related Rocks, and implications for Hydraulic Structure of Fault Zones. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 19/11, 1997 pp. 1393-1404.
Forster, A. Schrotter, J. Blackwell, D. D. Application of optical-fiber temperature logging -- An Example in a sedimentary environment. Geophysics. JUL 01 1997 v 62 n 4, p. 1107.
Gianelli, G. Manzella, A. Puxeddu, M. Crustal models of the geothermal areas of southern Tuscany (Italy). Tectonophysics. NOV 30 1997 v 281 n 3 / 4, p. 221.
Gvirtzman, Haim Garven, Grant Gvirtzman, Gdaliahu Thermal anomalies associated with forced and free ground-water convection in the Dead Sea rift valley. Geological society of america bulletin. SEP 01 1997 v 109 n 9, p. 1167.
Hutchinson, Roderick A. Westphal, James A. Kieffer, Susan W. In situ observations of Old Faithful Geyser. Geology. OCT 01 1997 v 25 n 10, p. 875.
Johannesson, K. H. K. J. Stetzenbach, And V. F. Hodge Rare earth elements as geochemical tracers of regional groundwater mixing Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 61, Number 17 (September 1997) 3605-3618.
Massonnet, Didier Holzer, Thomas Vadon, Helene Land subsidence caused by the East Mesa Geothermal Field, California, observed using SAR interferometry. Geophysical research letters. APR 15 1997 v 24 n 8, p. 901.
One geologist's training as a micro fossil specialist helped him gain a new understanding of the occurrence of groundwater in Alabama. And led to strategies for preventing contamination. Aapg explorer. OCT 01 1996 v 17 n 10, p. 20.
Steps continue to be made toward getting the best, most reliable permeability data. Aapg explorer. DEC 01 1997 v 18 n 12, p. 16.
Barbier et al., 1976, Mini-sosie for land seismology: Geophys. Prosp., v. 24, p. 518-527. A popular, cheap equivalent to Vibroseis methods for shallow reflection work.
Miller et al., 1989, Mapping a bedrock surface under dry alluvium with shallow seismic reflections: Geophysics, v. 54, p. 1528-1534. Hunting for water-quality monitoring well sites with a 30.06 rifle.
Palmer, 1986, Refraction seismics: Geophysical Press, 269 p. In the EMS library, call #TN269.H36. Good explanation of refraction methods including generalized reciprocal techniques.
Haeni, 1986, Application of seismic refraction methods in groundwater modeling studies in New England: Geophysics, v. 51, p. 236-249. Definition of aquifer geometry for flow modeling.
Vandenberghe, 1976, Combined refraction seismic and gravimetric investigations in a paleogeographical and geological research program: Geophys. Prosp., v. 24, p. 371-379. Location of water-bearing channel sands.
van Overmeeren, 1980, Tracing by gravity of a narrow buried graben structure, detected by seismic refraction, for ground-water investigations in north Chile: Geophys. Prosp., v. 28, p. 392-407. Water resources case history.
Van Dam, 1976, Possibilities and limitations of the resistivity method of geoelectrical prospecting in the solution of geohydrological problems: Geoexploration, v. 14, p. 179-193. Location of fresh and saline waters throughout The Netherlands.
Verma and Bischoff, 1989, Laboratory and field studies of the application of electromagnetic prospecting for groundwater on Marajo Island, Brazil: Geophysics, v. 54, p. 23-30. Demarcation of fresh from brackish waters.
Aubert et al., 1984, Resistivity and magnetic surveys in groundwater prospecting in volcanic areas - case history maar of Beaunit, Puy de Dome, France: Geophys. Prosp., v. 32, p. 554-563. Water resources of a Quaternary crater.
Satpathy and Kanungo, 1976, Groundwater exploration in hard-rock terrain - a case history: Geophys. Prosp., v. 24, p. 725-736. Resistivity and magnetic investigation of waters in fractured granitics.
Olsson et al., 1984, Geophysical investigations in Sweden for the characterization of a site for radioactive waste disposal - an overview: Geoexploration, v. 22, p. 187-201. Interdisciplinary location of fracture zone contaminant pathways.
Green and Mair, 1983, Subhorizontal fractures in a granitic pluton: their detection and implications for radioactive waste disposal: Geophysics, v. 48, p. 1428-1449. Seismic reflection characterization of contaminant pathways.