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Seismic prospecting - MG452P18

Title:	Seismický průzkum
Czech title:	Seismický průzkum
Guaranteed by:	Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics (31-450)
Faculty:	Faculty of Science
Actual:	from 2020
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	4
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	Czech
Explanation:	nahrazen MG452P41
Additional information:	http://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=1132
Note:	enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	doc. RNDr. Jan Vilhelm, CSc.
Is incompatible with:	MG452P41

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Annotation -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Jan Vilhelm, CSc. (01.10.2013)

The aim of the course Seismic Methods is to give principles of applied seismic methods. The main emphasis is focused to interpretation processes in refraction and reflection methods.

Literature - Czech

Last update: Mgr. Zdeňka Sedláčková (16.05.2013)

Mareš S. a kol., 1990, Úvod do užité geofyziky, SNTL, Praha, 677 stran.

Mussett A.E., Khan M.A., 2000, Looking into the Earth, Cambridge Univ. Press, 470 stran.

Sheriff R.E., Geldart L.P., 1995, Cambridge Univ. Press, 592 stran.

Udías A., 2000, Principles of Seismology, Cambridge Univ. Press, 475 stran.

Syllabus -

Last update: Mgr. Zdeňka Sedláčková (16.05.2013)

Seismology and exploration seismic methods.

Seismic waves and their properties.

Principles of seismic wave registration.

The propagation of seismic waves - Fermat's principle and Snell's law. Refraction and reflection on a plane interface.

Attenuation and seismic wave energy.

Seismic velocities in rock material.

Refraction seismics. Head wave, apparent velocity, the medium with continuous increase in velocity, the hidden layer problem, carrying out a seismic refraction survey, field seismogram processing. Time-profiling method. Critical point method. Plus-minus method. Palmer's method - GRP. Time fields method. The time - term method.

Reflection seismics. Reflelected wave, normal move out, vrms. Huygen's principle, diffraction, the multiple reflection. Dipping reflector, migration. Carrying out a reflection survey. Interference systems. Seismic sources, principles of vibration methods. Common reflection point method. Vertical resolution. 3-D survey. Reflection seismics and the search for hydrocarbons. Stratigraphic seismics. Shallow reflection survey.