EENV:370 Environmental Geophysics. Methods of near-surface
geophysical explorations with emphasis on solving environmental
and geotechnical problems. Students learn the basic physical
variation in Earth and non-Earth materials and how these
variations may be used to discern what lies beneath the Earth’s
surface. Examples of near-surface geophysical applications
include detection of contaminant plumes, buried metallic
objects, variations in geological materials, aggregates and
mining, forensics, archaeology and hydrogeology. Prerequisites:
EENV:113, PHYS:204 and MATH:111 and 112 (PHYS:205 strongly
recommended). 4 SH. 3 lecture hours, 3 laboratory/field hours.