224-0922 – Geophysical survey methods (GMP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering |
| Subject guarantor | prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Kaláb, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the course is to lecture to students modern geophysical methods used for geotechnical and engineering-geological applications. Selection of geophysical survey methodology (set of applicable methods for given problem) and interpretation of measured geophysical data for the GT and the IG topics are main knowledge. Students also obtain information about determination of the seismic loading of constructions.
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
The lecture includes information about individual methods of engineering geophysics, which includes gravimetric, seismic, thermal, magnetometric, geoelectrical, radionuclide and partly also the well logging methods. Special attention is paid to petrophysics (physical and geotechnical parameters of the soil and rock). Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of geophysical data for the engineering-geological and geotechnical problems and selection of the optimal methods of geophysical methods set. Part of the subject is also brief information on the assessment of seismic loading of structures.
Compulsory literature:
e.g. Lowrie, W. (2007): Fundamentals of Geophysics. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and others, 381 pages.
Recommended literature:
Mc Dowell et al. (2002): Geophysics in Engineering Investigations. CIRIA, London, 252 pages.
Bláha, P. and Müller, K. (2003): Application of Geophysical Methods in Geotechnice and Construction. International Journal of Exploration Geophysics, Remote Sensing and Environment (EGRSE), Ser. X, No. 1-2, ČAAG – Praha, 20-24.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.