This course requires five practical laboratory exercises or problem sets, to help students grasp key concepts and methods. All of these exercises are computer-based, many with software provided by the instructor for download from this web page. The second lab exercise requires use of one of the lab PCs in the DeLaMare Library downstairs, to access licensed commercial software. All other exercises will be Windows-compatible, and most will be Mac and Linux compatible as well. The syllabus below gives links to the lab assignments.

For each of the six lab assignments, the class needs to meet during the scheduled lab period for one or two 2- hour and 45-minute sessions. The instructor will take the teams through the lab exercises, and each team will email the instructor answers to the exercises, usually by 5 PM during the lab period. Students do not need to turn in individual answers to any of the lab exercises.

Links to lab exercises in Google Drive and on this site:

1. First-arrival picking and velocity inversion lab

2. Surface-wave dispersion analysis and modeling lab

3. Reflection Processing Lab

4. Gravity Lab

5. Magnetics Lab (extra credit)

6. Resistivity Modeling Lab (Old Resix Lab)