A New Geophysics Field Course

地质学（42）我们已经开发了一个领域地球物理课程的基础上改编的教材和技术从其他大学（U.C.滨江，兰开斯特大学，格鲁吉亚理工学院，加州大学圣地亚哥和麻省理工学院）以及与商业上可获得的卫星图像处理和绘图产品的集成。该课程已实施与标准的商业现场设备在岩土工程界使用。每一年的类结构，以专注于不同的科学问题与各种观察攻击。 这种方法在麻省理工学院得到了成功的应用。已经有好几年了该课程的具体目标是教学生：1）如何设计一个现场实验，2）如何结合现代卫星和基于GPS的方法的技术，3）如何使用计算机合成结果，4）如何作为一个小组工作，以制定一套共识的结论，以及5）如何以连贯的方式呈现他们的结果。 学生在实现这些目标方面的成功是根据他们在野外营地的表现进行评估的，但主要是基于我们为衡量目标而编写的书面报告。本课程的开发采用了其他机构使用的工具：磁力计，电阻率系统，RTK-GPS测量系统，全站仪和现场计算系统，以及先进的分析软件（用于卫星图像处理的ER Mapper，用于处理地震数据的ISIS，用于分析的MatLab和SAC 2000，以及用于绘图的ArcInfo），以获得现场分析能力。 第一年，我们从重力、电阻率和地震折射数据的简单分析开始。 重力分析是来自兰开斯特大学的免费软件。电阻率软件包来自UC滨江。 我们有从U.C.圣地亚哥（斯克里普斯海洋研究所）。 在未来几年，我们预计包括地震反射和交互式图像处理，以及完整的现场解释的结果。课程大纲、阅读清单和与特定领域相关的信息将发布在网络上供任何人使用。 该课程产生的科学成果将提交出版。 我们在特定领域的经验，我们在这些领域获得的数据，以及我们用于现场口译的软件将免费与其他学术机构分享。

Geology (42) We have developed a field Geophysics course based on adaptation of teaching materials and techniques from other universities (U.C. Riverside, Lancaster University, Georgia Tech, U.C. San Diego, and M.I.T.) and integration with commercially available products for satellite image processing and mapping. The course has been implemented with standard commercial field equipment used in the geotechnical community. Each year the class is structured to focus on a different scientific problem attacked with a variety of observations. This approach was used successfully at M.I.T. for a number of years. The specific goals of the course are to teach the students: 1) how to design a field experiment, 2) how to incorporate the techniques of modern satellite and GPS based methods, 3) how to use computers in synthesizing results, 4) how to work as a group to develop a consensus set of conclusions, and 5) how to present their results in a coherent manner. The success of the students in achieving these goals is assessed on their performance in field camp, but primarily on the basis of a written report which we have structured to measure the objectives. We have developed this course by adapting tools used by other institutions: a magnetometer, an electrical resistivity system, a RTK-GPS survey system, a total station, and an in-field computing system coupled with advanced analysis software (ER Mapper for satellite image processing, ISIS for processing seismic data, MatLab and SAC2000 for analysis, and ArcInfo for mapping) to acquire the capability of in-field analysis. In the first year we started with simple analyses of gravity, resistivity, and seismic refraction data. The gravity analysis was freeware from Lancaster University. The resistivity package was from UC Riverside. For use with magnetics observations we have software that was obtained from U.C. San Diego (Scripps Institution of Oceanography). In future years, we anticipate including seismic reflection and interactive image processing, as well as complete in-field interpretation of the results. The course syllabus, reading lists, and information related to specific field areas will be posted on the Web for anyone to use. Scientific results that arise from the course will be submitted for publication. Our experience with particular field areas, data we acquire in those areas, and software we use for in-field interpretation will be freely shared with other academic institutions.