GP 511: Nuclear Geophysics
Syllabus
Introduction to Radioactivity and Radiation: Stable and unstable nuclei, Interaction of radiation with matter: Types of radioactivity; X-rays and Gamma rays; Detection and measurement of Radioactivity; Distribution of Potassium, Uranium and Thorium in various rock types; Application of radioactive methods of geology – Geochronology and isotope geochemistry, Introduction to Nuclear Geophysics: Principles of Gamma and neutron methods and their utility in geophysical exploration, Nuclear methods generally used for geophysical investigations – Gamma-gamma method, X-ray fluorescence method, gamma-neutron method and neutron-neutron method and Interpretation of these survey results.
Texts/References
- E. Rutherford, Radioactivity, Dover Publishers, 2004
- C.G.Clayton, Nuclear Geophysics, Permagon, 1983
- W.M. Telford, L.P.Geldart, and R.E.Sheriff, Applied geophysics, Cambridge,1990
- Stanislav Mares, Introduction to applied geophysics, D.Reidel Publishing Co., 1984
- U. Aswatha Narayana, Nuclear Geology, I.B.H. Publishing Co., 1984
- V.L.S.Bhimasankaram, N. Venkat Rao K. S. R. Murthy, and E.I. Savenko, Principles and Methods of Nuclear Geophysics, AEG Publication, 1985
- J.G. Morse, (Ed.) Nuclear Methods in Mineral Exploration and production, Elsevier, 1977