Advanced Electrical and Electromagnetic Geophysical Methods
| Title | Προχωρημένες Ηλεκτρικές και Ηλεκτρομαγνητικές Μέθοδοι Γεωφυσικής Διασκόπησης / Advanced Electrical and Electromagnetic Geophysical Methods |
| Code | EGSO108 |
| Faculty | Sciences |
| School | Geology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Georgios Vargemezis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600023266 |
Programme of Study: PMS Efarmosménī kai Perivallontikī Geōlogía kai Geōkíndynoi
Registered students: 6
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efarmosménī Geōfysikī kai Seismología | Elective Courses | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 5 |
| Total Hours | 65 |
| Class ID | 600272294
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Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600272294
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates learn the basic principles of electrical and electromagnetic geophysical methods as techniques for subsurface research. They will become familiar with the most important electrical and electromagnetic methods of applied geophysics (electrical mapping, electrical sonography, electrical tomography, induced polarization, physical potential, VLF electromagnetic method, TEM, magnetotellurics, etc.) in relation to the methods of measurement and interpretation of data.
They will connect geological structures and subsurface targets of economic interest with electrical and electromagnetic methods of their detection. They will become familiar with the results of the utilization of applied geophysical methods through numerous application examples in different subjects such as: tectonics, hydrogeology, environmental surveys, geotechnical surveys, and mineral exploration.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course aims into providing in-depth knowledge of the electromagnetic geophysical methods in terms of their theoretical aspects but mostly in terms of their application routine. Emphasis is given into data collection methodology via parallel fieldwork demonstrations as well as into teaching geophysical interpretation techniques by means of specialized software. The subjects that are being taught are as follows: 1. Electrical Resistivity 2. Basic principles of geoelectrical methods and typical measuring modes. 3. Vertical Electrical Soundings, data collection and 1D inversion 4. Electrical Resistivity Tomography, 2D and3D inversion 5. Self-Potential method 6. Basic principles of electromagnetic geophysical methods 7. The VLF method 8. The TDEM technique 9. The magnetotelluric method 10. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR).
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 57 | ✓ | |||
| Fieldwork | 10 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 30 | ✓ | |||
| Exams | 3 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 100 |
Student Assessment
Description
Assessment: involves the combination of a written exam (30%) and a research project in which students are asked to write a report on the geophysical results and interpretations of the data-sets that they have collected during the course.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
- Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Εισαγωγή στην εφαρμοσμένη γεωφυσική, Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 11261,Έκδοση: 1η έκδ./1996,Συγγραφείς: Παπαζάχος Βασίλης Κ.,ISBN: 960431-359-2,Τύπος: Σύγγραμμα, Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): Ζήτη Πελαγία & Σια Ο.Ε.
Εισαγωγή στη Γεωφυσική, Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 7969, Έκδοση: 1η/2010, Συγγραφείς: Ταξιάρχης Παπαδόπουλος, ISBN: 978-960-6759-499, Τύπος: Σύγγραμμα, Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΝΕΩΝ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΩΝ ΜΟΝ. ΕΠΕ
Εφαρμοσμένη γεωφυσική, Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 50659068, Έκδοση: 1/2013, Συγγραφείς: ·Άκης Τσελέντης ·Π. Παρασκευόπουλος, ISBN: 618-
5012-02-2
Τύπος: Σύγγραμμα, Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): LIBERAL BOOKS
Additional bibliography for study
Milsom, J. and Eriksen A. Field Geophysics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Fourth Edition, 2011
Parasnis, D.S. Principles of Applied Geophysics, Chapman and Hall, London, Fifth Edition, 1997.
Sheriff, R.E. Encyclopedic dictionary of Exploration Geophysics, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, 1981.
Telford, W.M., Geldart L.P. and Sheriff, R.E. Applied Geophysics, Cambridge University press, New York, 1993.
Kearey, P., Brooks, M. Hill, I.. An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration, 3rd ed. ix + 262 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2002. Dobrin, M.B. and Savit, C.H. Introduction to geophysical prospecting. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York , 1988.
Last Update
28-02-2025
