Course overview
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to geophysical surveying for resource exploration and development, from regional to mine site scales. Students learn how to acquire, process and interpret geophysical survey datasets to resolve geological relationships at a variety of scales. They will also synthesise these data into three- and four-dimensional models that guide the economic development of geological resources. Students discover that geophysical data are acquired at a range of scales with a range of resolutions, so they can judge which geophysical techniques are appropriate for achieving particular resource exploration or development objectives within particular terrain settings.
- Potential Fields
- Electrical Methods
- Passive & Active Seismology
Course learning outcomes
- Process and/or transform raw geophysical survey data into regularised, interpretable form
- Design geophysical survey acquisition plans that target resource exploration and development objectives at regional to mine site scales
- Interpret processed or regularised geophysical survey datasets to reveal underlying geological rock type architecture or resource development phenomena
- Simulate the geophysical response of idealised or interpreted geological model architectures
- Plan geophysical monitoring strategies under resource development scenarios based on baseline geophysical survey data
- Characterise resource model uncertainty determined from a variety of geophysical survey datasets
Degree list
The following degrees include this course