Offered each Spring semester; 4 Credits

Prerequisite/Corequisite: Geol 332

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 9:00-9:50 in LME 417

Lab Sections GPH 492/692-1101 and 492-1102 meet together Tuesdays 12:00-2:45 in LME 426,

or more often in the DeLaMare Library downstairs DataWorks South computer lab

Instructors: John Louie, 301 LME, cell 775-229-3835, louie@unr.edu

Louie Office Hours: Mondays and Fridays noon-1:00 PM

Chris Kratt, 166 LMR, 784-4986, krattc@unr.edu

Alumni of GPH 492/692 may participate in class Field Exercises to receive one credit. Contact Louie to register for Geol 495 or Geol 701V.

For 2018, B.S. Geological Engineering majors may register for GPH 492 Lab Section 1102 (GE), which will complete all field exercises on campus during scheduled Tuesday lab periods from noon-2:45.

Geophysics and all other students must take GPH 492/692 Lab Section 1101 (GPH), which will complete research-based field exercises off campus during Spring Break. This section welcomes interested GE majors.

For GPH Lab Section 1101 registrants, attendance at the GPH Section's Field Exercise is required, for the entire March 14-22, 2020 Spring Break period. The instructor can make exceptions only in cases of illness, disability, conflicting religious observance, research presentations at national conferences, or similarly serious situations.

The fieldwork schedules and locations are the only difference between the GE and GPH Lab Sections. Both sections will be together for all other class activities. All course requirements are the same.

Attendance at all scheduled class sessions is required. If you will be missing a session for a good reason, please email the instructors and the TA in advance with your explanation. Extra credit will be available, if your reason is not sufficient. Do not come to class if you are ill. But, we do not want to see any medical notes- that is UNR policy. Let us know when you are able, and we can arrange make-up work.

Learning Objectives: This course is a capstone survey of geophysical techniques applied to solving geoscience and engineering problems in resource exploration and development, natural hazards, and pollution control. The course takes a practical, hands-on, field-oriented approach to show the applications of geophysics to these problems. For each topic, the development will proceed from basic principles (theory) through methodology and applications, to case histories. This course emphasizes applications, and keeps theory to essentials. The syllabus presents basic principles and operational procedures of each method initially, along with discussions of where the method is applicable, and is not applicable. Case histories will illustrate applications.

Assigned readings and composition of literature reviews will be an integral part of the course work. As a major capstone course for undergraduates, your work in this course will integrate all of the computational, critical thinking, writing, and geophysical skills you have gained during your Geological Sciences and Engineering degree program.

The course has 4 elements: lecture/discussions, lab exercises, reading case-history literature, and a field project.