Electrical, electromagnetic and gravimetric methods for environment and exploration

Knowledge and understanding: learn the basic knowledge of potential field methods; acquire the terminology pertinent to electric, magnetic, electromagnetic and gravimetric methods; learn how to implement simple scripts for data processing and visualization.

Applying knowledge and understanding: the acquired knowledge allows to approach correctly the design and the implementation of a geophysical survey carried out with potential field methods, to give the answer to a problem in the field of applied geophysics; furthermore, the student acquires the skills to implement simple scripts for processing and visualization of geophysical data and to use complex inversion software.

Making judgements: the student is able to evaluate autonomously the potential-field geophysical methodologies that can be applied for exploration purposes, knowing the advantages, the disadvantages and the limitations.

Communication skills: the student is able to clearly communicate the topics of potential-field geophysical methods, the difficulties encountered in the application of the different methodologies and the possible solutions. He/she is able to interact with the experts in this field.

Learning skills: Give the student the ability to learn autonomously topics that can not be dealt with during the lessons due to the limited time available, and also give him/her the ability to deepen the ones discussed.