GEOL487.3 Geophysical Field Methods

2026/27 school year

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The field portion of the field school will be conducted from August 24 to 31 (September 1 in case of weather or other contingencies)

The following documents are plans and results of the previous field school in May 2025.
They are provided for general reference and preparation and will be updated in August.

To be updated: Schedule | Off-Campus Safety plan

Syllabus | Advice for writing reports

To be updated: Map of surveys planned at UofS Geophysics test site

Descriptions of geophysical targets installed for electrical and magnetic surveys at the test site

Field work was conducted on May 3-11, 2025. Results are shown in PowerPoint documents below.

• GPS Surveying for all demos
• Gravity
• Resistivity:
  • Sounding
  • Multinode profiling
  • 3D Resistivity and Induced Potential (DIAS)
• Applied potential
• Magnetic grids
• Spontaneous potential
• Electromagnetic mapping near vault:
  • EM31
  • GEM-2
  • Big-loop Time-Domain EM
• Electromagnetic profiling:
  • MaxMin
  VLF (Very low frequency radio)
• Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) in the UofS Bowl and near vault
• Seismic processing still in progress...