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Near-surface geophysics is the use of geophysical methods to investigate small-scale features in the shallow (tens of meters) subsurface. It is closely related to applied geophysics or exploration geophysics. Methods used include seismic refraction and reflection, gravity, magnetic, electric, and electromagnetic methods.
In the 20th century, geophysical methods were developed for remote exploration of the solid Earth and the ocean, and geophysics played an essential role in the development of the theory of plate tectonics. Geophysics is applied to societal needs, such as mineral resources, mitigation of natural hazards and environmental protection. [4]
as editor with M. S. Paterson and A. Nicolas Anelasticity in the Earth, Geodynamics Series, Vol. 4, American Geophysical Union/Geological Society of America 1981 with Jane H. Hodgkinson The Earth as a cradle of life , World Scientific 2013 [ 24 ] [ 25 ] ISBN 9789814508322
Geophysics can be described as all of the following: An academic discipline – branch of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. . Disciplines are defined (in part), and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies and academic departments or faculties to which their practitioners
In 1898, a Geophysical Institute was founded at the University of Göttingen, and Emil Wiechert became the world's first Chair of Geophysics. [3] An international framework for geophysics was provided by the founding of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics in 1919. [4]
Geophysics — the physics of the Earth and its environment in space, and study of earth sciences using quantitative physics methods. Subcategories This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.
The Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics in La Jolla [ edit ] After completing a B.A. in Natural Sciences in 1963, M.A. in 1964, and Ph.D. in 1966 [ 6 ] in Geophysics at Downing College, Cambridge in England, [ 7 ] Parker moved to the U.S. to work at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP).
The Society for Philosophy and Geography was founded in 1997 by Andrew Light, a philosopher later at George Mason University, and Jonathan Smith, a geographer at Texas A&M University. Three volumes of an annual peer-reviewed journal, Philosophy and Geography, were published by Rowman & Littlefield Press which later became a bi-annual journal ...