Geophysics for the Mineral Exploration Geoscientist

Mike Dentith is Professor of Geophysics at the University of Western Australia. He has been an active researcher and teacher of university level applied geophysics and geology for more than 20 years, and he also consults to the minerals industry. Professor Dentith's research interests include geophysical signatures of mineral deposits (about which he has edited two books), petrophysics and terrain scale analysis for exploration targeting using geophysical data. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists and Geological Society of Australia. Stephen T. Mudge has worked as an exploration geophysicist in Australia for more than 35 years, and currently works as a consultant in his own company Vector Research. He has worked in many parts of the world and has participated in a number of new mineral discoveries. Mr Mudge has a keen interest in data processing techniques for mineral discovery and has produced several publications reporting new developments. He is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists and European Association of Engineers and Geoscientists.

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Geophysical data acquisition, processing and interpretation; 3. Gravity and magnetic methods; 4. Radiometric method; 5. Electrical and electromagnetic methods; 6. Seismic method; References; Index; Online appendices: Appendix 1. Vectors; Appendix 2. Waves and wave analysis; Appendix 3. Magnetometric methods; Appendix 4. Magnetotelluric electromagnetic methods; Appendix 5. Radio and radar frequency methods; Appendix 6. Seismic refraction method; Appendix 7. Sources of information on exploration and mining geophysics.