Electrical Methods (GP 414)
| Course Name | Electrical Methods |
| Course ID | GP 414 |
| Description | About the Course |
| Syllabus | Electrical properties of rocks; Introduction to Electrical methods of geophysical prospecting, Principles of Resistivity methods, Instruments for Resistivity methods; Resistivity field surveys in different array configurations (Wenner, Schlumberger, dipole-dipole, pole-pole, pole-dipole), Profiling and Sounding techniques, Resistivity imaging, Resistivity Data analysis and Interpretation; Induced Polarization and Self-potential methods, Concepts of groundwater accumulation, geology of groundwater occurrence, types of aquifers and their characteristics, resistivity methods for groundwater exploration and some case histories. |
| References | W.M. Telford, L.P.Geldart, and R.E.Sheriff, Applied geophysics, Cambridge, 1990 M.B.Dobrin, and C.H. Savit, Introduction to geophysical prospecting, McGraw Hill, 1988 G. V. Keller, Electrical Methods of Geophysical Prospecting, Pergamon Press, 1980 Fetter, C.W., 2001. Applied Hydrogeology, Fourth ed. Prentice Hall, NJ, USA |