2005-2006 CATALOG
GEOP 2096 Special Topics 1-3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. A lecture lecture-laboratory or seminar format will be used to discuss special topics in geophysics. The course content will vary from semester to semester. Section number will correspond with credit hours to be earned.
GEOP 3097 Independent Study 1-3 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: consent of department. Independent research projects or directed readings designed to meet the needs and interests of individual students. Regular conferences between student and instructor are required. May be repeated for a total of six credits. Section number will correspond with credit hours to be earned.
GEOP 3261 Field Methods in Geophysics 6 cr.
(PHYS 3261 and GEOP 3261 are cross-listed) Prerequisites: PHYS 2064 and consent of instructor. Basic introduction to the application of geophysical field techniques. Includes collecting, processing, and interpreting gravity, magnetic, and seismic data. Practical experience in the conduct of geophysical surveys, operation of equipment, data reduction, and simple interpretation. Preparation of geophysical reports in the style normally used for published papers. Thirty-five hours of classroom work and field measurements per week during the summer session.
GEOP 4050 Geomodeling 3 cr.
Prerequisites: CSCI 1201 (C or FORTRAN programming course) and MATH 2109 or consent of department. This course teaches the application of Numerical Methods to the development of computer simulations of geophysical methods. The students will develop individual projects that emphasize their research interests while learning how to write the appropriate computer codes in either C or FORTRAN.
GEOP 4096 Special Topics 1-3 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of department. A lecture lecture- laboratory or seminar format will be used to discuss special topics in geophysics. The course content will vary from semester to semester. The section number will correspond with the credit hours to be earned.
GEOP 4110 Geophysical Field Methods 2 cr.
Prerequisite: GEOL 2110, 2130, 2150, and GEOP 4810 or permission of department. Introduction to basic acquisition of geophysical data in the field. Collection processing and interpretation of gravity and magnetic data as well as seismic reflection and refraction data. A fee will be assessed for transportation materials insurance room and board. The course will include fourteen days of field work.
GEOP 4381 Applied Seismic Data Acquisition and Processing 3 cr.
(PHYS 4381 and GEOP 4381 are cross-listed) Prerequisites: PHYS 4205, GEOP 4810 and MATH 2221 or consent of department. Basic acoustics and ray tracing; seismic data acquisition; CDP; noise analyses and arrays; physics of acoustic sources, measuring and recording instruments; demultiplexing; NMO and velocity analysis; statics; and introduction to deconvolution, filtering, and migration. Use of fundamental seismic data processing computer programs, graphics, and displays of seismic data; seismic data processing of field data. Two hours of lecture and two hours of computer laboratory per week.
GEOP 4507 Gravity and Magnetics 3 cr.
(GEOP 4507 and PHYS 4507 are cross-listed) Prerequisites: GEOP 4810, PHYS 3301 or 4501, MATH 2221, or consent of department. Fundamentals of scaler potentials and analysis of vector fields as applied to geophysical problems in gravity and magnetism. Analytic properties of the earth’s gravitational and magnetic fields in space and time. Modeling and interpretation of gravity and magnetic anomalies.
GEOP 4610 Geophysical Exploration and Interpretation 3 cr.
Prerequisites: GEOL 2100 and PHYS 1062 or consent of department. A study of the fundamental methods of geophysical exploration and interpretation. To include geophysical principles of gravity magnetics and seismology in order to make better geological interpretation of geophysical data.
GEOP 4805 Introduction to Earthquake Seismology 3 cr.
Prerequisites: GEOL 2100 and MATH 2221 or consent of department. A study of the effects of earthquakes on the environment efforts to predict earthquakes and the use of earthquake seismograms to map the interior of the Earth. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory.
GEOP 4810 Introduction to Geophysics 3 cr.
Spring semester. Prerequisites: GEOL 2100, and PHYS 1063. A study of the fundamental methods of geophysics. Emphasis is placed on seismic gravity and magnetic methods and their use in geophysical exploration. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory.
GEOP 4820 Earth Physics 3 cr.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1063 and MATH 2112. A study of the physics of the earth in relation to the earth’s origin evolution and existing structure. To include such topics as earthquake seismology isostasy radioactive dating heat flow and the earth’s gravity and magnetic field.
GEOP 4835 Seismic Stratigraphy 2 cr.
Prerequisite: GEOP 4810 or consent of department. Interpretation of stratigraphy from seismic records. Analysis of unconformities environments of deposition and local and world-wide sea level curves. Two hours of lecture/discussion.
GEOP 4840 Exploration Seismology 3 cr.
Prerequisites: MATH 2109 or 2112; PHYS 1061; GEOL 2110, 2130, and 2150. Application of physical principles to naturally deformed rocks and overview of modern structural geology. Quantitative applications to solve geologic problems practical exercises in rock mechanics determination of finite strain advanced cross-section construction techniques and methods of kinematic analysis. Three hours of lecture per week.
GEOP 6096 Special Topics 1-3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. A lecture lecture- laboratory or seminar format will be used to discuss special topics in geophysics. The course content will vary from semester to semester. The section number will correspond to the number of credit hours earned.
GEOP 6097 Independent Study 1-3 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: consent of department. Independent research projects that are not part of a graduate thesis or directed readings designed to meet the needs and interests of individual students. Regular conferences between the student and instructor are required. May be repeated for a total of three credits.
GEOP 6810 Geophysical Data Processing 3 cr.
Prerequisites: GEOP 4840, CSCI 1060, MATH 2221, and PHYS 4205 or MATH 4213 or consent of department. Transforms one-sided functions spectral factorization resolution matrices and multi-channel time series data modeling by least squares waveform applications of least squares layers revealed by scattered wave filtering and mathematical physics in stratified media.
GEOP 6840 Reflection Seismology 3 cr.
Prerequisites: GEOP 4840, CSCI 1060, MATH 2221, and PHYS 4205 or MATH 4213 or consent of department. Seismic velocity synthetic seismogram filtering convolution and deconvolution of seismic data; migration for the delineation of geological structures; and geophysical Inverse Theory for determining lithology.
