Seismic and Wave Field Exploration and Laboratory

· Basic principles of wave field exploration: wave equation and wave propagation; impedance contrast and reflection/transmission coefficients; Impulse response and Green's theorem; reflectivity and convolutional model for synthetic traces; Fourier transform, convolution, correlation, autocorrelation and related properties; minimum phase wavelets and their properties; sampling rate, aliasing and Nyquist theorem.
· Acquisition of seismic data: impulsive sources and vibroseis; geophones and hydrophones; attenuation processes; acquisition layout in reflection seismic, multi-fold acquisition, common-mid-point (CMP) gathers; acquisition layout in refraction seismic and surface wave analysis.
· Construction of reflection seismic sections: gain correction; deconvolution; frequency-domain filtering and F-K analysis; static corrections; velocity analysis and Normal Moveout correction; stack and zero-offset sections; basic migration concepts and applications.
· Analysis of refraction and surface wave seismic data: traveltimes for horizontal and dipping layers; intercept times and plus-minus method (Generalized Reciprocal Methods); principles and measurement procedures in Multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) and Horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR).
· Georadar: similarities and differences between seismic and electromagnetic wave propagation; application of reflections seismic methods for the analysis of georadar data.