Geophysics 424 - Electromagnetic and potential field methods
Class announcements
- October 16 2022 14:00 - 15:30 Mid-term exam
- Course outline 2023
- Class notes 2021
- Labs 2023
- Assignments 2023
- Class schedule 2023
- Suggested reading
- Links
- Final and mid-term exams from previous years
- MATLAB
- Movies
- Magnetotelluric studies of continental dynamics : Earthscope lecture at ASU, Feb 18, 2015
- Geophysical transects in the Peruvian Andes : Lecture at PERUMIN September 21 2017
- Introduction to Magnetotellurics : IRIS webinar, March 27, 2020
Recommended textbook
Applied Geophysics , WM Telford, Cambridge University Press. Second Edition.
Available online through the University of Alberta library here. Requires a CCID.
Selected student projects in Geophysics 424
Magnetotellurics in the news
- "MT studies of the Chicxulub Impact Crater", Union de Merida, Mexico, March 2001 (in Spanish)
- "U of A scientists check nuclear test site for radioactive leaks", Edmonton Journal, June 2004
- U of A study of an inflating volcano in Bolivia, with MT , New York Times, February 2012
- Magneto-what? Geothermal company brings magnetotellurics to the classroom , Rocky Mountain Goat News, Valemount, BC,June 2015
- Electric Yellowstone Makes for Super Visuals , Univ. of Utah report, 2011
- Rethinking Yellowstone , Univ. of Oregon, 2013
- Scientists follow magma from Earth's belly to base of Mt. Rainier , LA Times, July 2014
Airborne EM surveys in the Edmonton-Calgary corridor (sand, gravel and aquifer mapping)
- Sand and Gravel Mapping Using Airborne EM Techniques , AGS News Letter, Fall 2009
- Airborne EM survey around Edmonton (Edmonton Journal 2010)
- Open file report 2012-07 on this project
Last updated October 1 2021