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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIT Madras (IITM)

Introduction to Geophysical Methods and Electrical Methods: Overview of geophysical exploration methods, scope and applications in geotechnical, environmental, and groundwater investigations. Introduction to Electrical Methods and its relation to subsurface properties.

Electrical Resistivity Methods: Resistivity data Acquisition: Array Configurations and Their Advantages; Different Data Interpretation Techniques; 3D Resistivity Tomography; Application in Environmental and Geotechnical investigations, Field Demonstration on VES

Application of Resistivity & Self-Potential Methods: Case studies on the application of resistivity method on groundwater, field demonstration, Self-Potential Methods, Principles, field procedures and interpretation, Case studies

Induced Polarization and Electromagnetic methods: Principle, Time-domain and frequency-domain techniques. Instrumentation and survey design. Data processing and interpretation for subsurface characterization; Airborne methods, National Aquifer Mapping, Heliborne Case studies, Field demonstration of EM.

Seismic Methods -I Principles of seismic wave propagation. Sources of seismic explosion, Travel velocity in various geological formations. Seismic data acquisition and data reduction techniques

Seismic Methods -II Refraction and Reflection surveys, Determination of formation thickness, attitude and depth, seismic inversion techniques, application of seismic method on tunnelling, borehole seismics, geotechnical application and case studies.

Seismic Methods -III, Seismic Reflection Case studies, Assessment of ground improvement, Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW), introduction, Case studies.

Gravity Methods: Introduction and principle of gravity method, gravimeters: Types and field procedures. Corrections in gravity surveys, Qualitative interpretation of gravity anomalies.

Applications and Advanced Gravity Techniques: Quantitative interpretation of gravity data. Applications, Gravity surveys in environmental and engineering investigations, GRACE Mission and Case studies.

Magnetic Methods: Earth's magnetic field and components. Magnetometers: Types, principles and field operations. Qualitative interpretation of magnetic anomalies, Applications and Case studies.

Radar Techniques: Ground penetrating radar methods; Synthetic aperture radar imaging for land deformation studies; Other emerging methods: Surface nuclear magnetic resonance methods.

Radioactivity Methods and Well Logging: Electrical and radioactivity logging methods, calliper, NMR and other miscellaneous logging methods; field procedure and interpretation of data.