Product Description

This handy pocket–sized book provides practical information and assistance to anyone engaged in small–scale surveys on the ground. The 3rd edition updates the considerable changes in instrumentation, and far–reaching developments in applications that have occurred since 1996. New sections include details on Ground Penetrating Radar, VLF and CSAMT/MT, GPS navigation, electromagnetic methods of conductivity mapping, capacity coupling, and audiomagnetotellurics (AMT).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #323545 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 244 pages

Review
"...a valuable addition...recommend it to all those involved...a mine of readily accessible information..." (Archaeological Prospection, Vol 11(2), April–June 2004)

“…well produced…” (The Leading Edge, Vol.23, No.8 August 2004)

Review
"...a valuable addition...recommend it to all those involved...a mine of readily accessible information..." (Archaeological Prospection, Vol 11(2), April–June 2004)

“…well produced…” (The Leading Edge, Vol.23, No.8 August 2004)

From the Back Cover
Since publication of the 2nd edition, there have been considerable advances in instrumentation, and far–reaching developments in applications for small–scale geophysical surveys. Much more can now be done in the field by way of processing and data display, and even interpretation.
Covering applications in mineral exploration, engineering/environmental studies, hydrogeology and archaeology, this book puts emphasis on practical applications and the common problems and pitfalls. Simple interpretation methods are discussed with particular emphasis on preliminary interpretations as important elements in field quality control.
Field Geophysics Third Edition has been revised and updated for the modern world but keeps its popular handy pocket size for use in the field. This edition includes:
∗ New sections on the use of hand–held GPS receivers, capacitatively–coupled resistivity methods and Controlled Source Audiomagnetotellurics (CSAMT)
∗ Specific guidance in the use of common field instruments, including possible problems and how to avoid them
∗ Expanded treatments of transient electromagnetics, and the advantages and pitfalls of the use of dataloggers and automatic reading in the field
Field Geophysics Third Edition provides practical information and assistance to anyone engaged in small–scale geophysical surveys on the ground. Geophysics students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, employees in geophysical and engineering consultancies, geophysicists and geologists in government surveys and mining companies, field archaeologists and hydrogeologists will all find this book useful.

Customer Reviews

Not a textbook, more of a bible..........
Having done a degree in Geophysics and then taken a sidestep into teaching and then hopped back again, I decided that a good way to refresh my memory would be to purchase this book (which had served me well as a poor student in the uni library).

I was certainly not disappointed by my purchase of this new edition; it is very up-to-date, the level of technical detail is sufficient for most users, it is small enough to be carried around with you "on the job" and it provides some practical advice on problems that can occur and how to improve the data gathering process.

However, being a field guide, it can only contain so much and I felt (and I might be wrong, this is in my humble opinion) the book is slightly let down by the explanations of how some of the survey methods actually work.

For example, the explanation of how Seismic refraction and reflection surveys work are good, but the explanation of how an EM survey works could be better (Keary and Brooks "Introduction to Geophysical Exploration" does this very well).

This book should be purchased by people wanting to learn more about geophysical surveying, those with a relevant qualification and those actively engaged in geophysical surveying, but I would have no hesitation in recommending this book to anybody.