Geophysics : principles, applications and emerging technologies / Gemma Aiello, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aiello, Gemma, editor.

Series:

Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety.

Environmental Remediation Technologies, Regulations and Safety

Standardized Title:

Geophysics (Nova Science Publisher's Inc. : 2016)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geophysics--Methodology.

Geophysics.

Geophysics--Technological innovations.

Geophysics--Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents current research in the field of geophysics, particularly referring to some principles, applications and emerging technologies. Topics discussed comprehend environmental geophysics, with an explanation of geophysical methods ("seismic refraction and reflection techniques", "seismic analysis of surface waves", "electrical methods", "gravimetric and microgravimetric methods", "magnetic and electromagnetic methods") and new methodologies of processing and interpretation with examples in the area of Greece; applications of innovative geophysical techniques in other coastal areas, showing a new approach to seismic data acquisition, joining up land and marine seismic data through a marine streamer connected to a land cable with examples in Procida and Ventotene islands (Southern Italy); marine geophysics of Naples Bay focusing on seismic and magnetic data offshore the Vesuvius, Phlegrean Fields, Ischia and Procida volcanic complexes and a technological evolution in seismic data acquisition from explosive, Sparker and Watergun seismic sources towards new techniques, including MEAS (Multispot Extended Array Sparker) used in marine geological mapping of Southern Italy's continental shelf and slope. Other topics in this book include oceanographic aspects regarding the oceanic oscillation phenomena and their relationships with the synchronisation and stochastic resonance, particularly referring to the transitions among stable and unstable states of western boundary currents, such as the Kuroshio in Japan and investigating their occurrence in general oceanographic circulation as a rhythmic natural phenomena; oceanographic aspects regarding the assessment of ocean variability in the Sicily Channel (Southern Italy) through a numerical 3D model based on Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOF) analysis aimed at studying the seasonal and interannual variability of oceanographic circulation and hydrology, and extending down to the African coast, involving the Tunisian and Lybian continental shelves (Mediterranean sea); and finally, experimental application of distributed optical fiber sensors through Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) to the monitoring of artificially induced cracks opening in the volcanic rocky slope of the Coroglio coastal cliff (Naples, Southern Italy) aimed at the development of early warning systems and geomorphological setting of coastal cliffs, characterised by a rocks falls, topples and slides.

Contents:

GEOPHYSICS PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; GEOPHYSICS PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS: TECHNIQUES, ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ROBUST TECHNIQUESOF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS; 2.1. Seismic Methods; 2.1.1. Seismic Refraction Technique - SRefr; 2.1.2. Seismic Analysis of Surface Waves - SASW; 2.1.3. Seismic Reflection Technique - SRefl; 2.1.4. Advantages and Limitations of Seismic Methods; 2.2. Electrical Methods

2.2.1. Electrical Resistivity Imaging - ERI2.2.2. Induced Polarization Imaging - IPI; 2.2.3. Self Potential method - SP; 2.2.4. Advantages and Limitations of Electrical Methods; 2.3. Gravity-Microgravity; 2.3.1. Advantages and Limitations of the Gravity-Microgravity Method; 2.4. Magnetic Survey; 2.4.1. Advantages and Limitations of the Magnetic Method; 2.5. Electromagnetic Methods; 2.5.1. EM Terrain Conductivity (TCM) Method; 2.5.2. Time Domain Electromagnetic Method - TDEM; 2.5.3. Ground Penetrating Radar; 2.5.4. Advantages and Limitations of the Electromagnetic Methods

3. DATA ACQUISITION, PROCESSING AND INTERPRETATION3.1. Seismic Data Acquisition Processing and Interpretation; 3.2. Geoelectrical Data Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation; 3.3. Gravity Data Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation; 3.4. Magnetic Data Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation; 3.5. Electromagnetic Data Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation; 4. CASE STUDIES - DISCUSSION; 4.1. Geoenvironmental Monitoring by Using Geophysical Methods; 4.2. Use of Geophysical Methods to Solve Engineering Problems; 4.3. Archaeological Prospection Using Modern Geophysical Techniques

CONCLUSIONACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES IN COASTAL AREAS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; Joining up Land and Marine Seismic Data; 4D Monitoring of Sea Water Intrusion by ERT; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: MARINE GEOPHYSICS OF THE NAPLES BAY (SOUTHERN TYRRHENIAN SEA, ITALY): PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GEOLOGIC AND GEOPHYSICAL SETTING; 2.1. Somma-Vesuvius; 2.2. Phlegrean Fields and Gulf of Pozzuoli; 2.3. Ischia and Procida; 3. REMARKS ON THE VOLCANOLOGY OF THE CAMPANIA VOLCANOES

3.1. Somma-Vesuvius3.2. Phlegrean Fields; 3.3. Ischia; 4. MARINE SEISMIC REFLECTION AND MAGNETOMETRIC DATA IN THE NAPLES BAY. FROM PAST TO EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; 5. RESULTS; 5.1. Somma-Vesuvius; 5.2. Phlegrean Fields and Gulf of Pozzuoli; 5.3. Ischia; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: OCEANIC OSCILLATION PHENOMENA: RELATIONSHIPS WITH SYNCHRONIZATION AND STOCHASTIC RESONANCE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL AND METHODS; RESULTS; 1.1. Seasonally Changing Experiments and Synchronization; 1.2. Noise-Added Experiments and Stochastic Resonance; SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION

ACKOWLEDGMENTS

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-852-7