Description
Book SynopsisGravity and magnetic methods can be directly related to physical properties of rocks, i.e. the density and the susceptibility, and are very useful to field geologists and geophysicists in the mapping and identification of various rock types. They are also used for the detection of minerals with large contrast in density and susceptibility compared to country rock.
This reference volume consists of two parts: The first part describes the basic principles and methodology of the gravity and the magnetic methods of geophysical exploration with global examples. It deals with geological studies and gravity & magnetic methods; geodynamic studies (plate tectonics, crustal structures, plume tectonics); resource exploration (geological mapping, hydrocarbon, mineral and groundwater exploration); environmental studies (seismotectonics, engineering sites, climate changes, mining geophysics, volcanoes and volcanic activity, landslides, impact craters) and different modes of surveying. The
Table of Contents
Part I: Methodology with Global Examples (Continental, Marine and Airborne – Satellite Surveys): 1. Introduction 2. Gravity Method 3. Magnetic Methods 4. Common Data Processing Methods and Parameter Estimation - Digital Signal Processing
Part II Integrated Exploration of Indian Plate and Resources (Geodynamics, Seismotectonics, Hydrocarbons, Minerals, Groundwater, Environment and Engineering Sites): 5. Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics: Reconstructions, Gondwanaland Break-Up, Plumes and Drifting of Indian Plate 6. Collision of Indian and Eurasian Plates and Seismotectonics: Himalayan and Tibetan Terrains 7. Geodynamics of the Indian Continent and Seismotectonics: Isostasy, Archean – Proterozoic Cratons, Collision Zones, Rift Basins, Plumes and Lithosphere, and it’s Flexure 8. Seismotectonics and Geodynamics: Bhuj, New Madrid and Sumatra Earthquakes and Tsunami with Co-Seismic Changes 9. Resource Exploration and Geodynamics: Hydrocarbons, Groundwater, and Minerals 10. Some Typical Environmental and Engineering Studies: Near Surface Geophysics
