Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
JEF 321 Electric Prospecting Turkish Compulsory
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 6.5 2 2 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites (FIZ 101 MIN DD
or FIZ 101E MIN DD)

and (FIZ 102 MIN DD
or FIZ 102E MIN DD)

and (MAT 104 MIN DD
or MAT 104E MIN DD
or MAT 102 MIN DD
or MAT 102E MIN DD)

Class Restriction None
Course Description
Electrical properties of the geological rocks; Dar-Zarrouk parameters. Origin and mechanism of the self-potential in the ground. Measurement techniques and field arrays. Data corrections, theoretical anomalies of simple shaped models. Interpretation methods. Resistivity methods: electrode arrays, apparent resistivity concept. Equations for the theoretical apparent resistivity of multi-layered earth model, Vertical electrical sounding and interpretation by curve matching, electrical profiling, and mapping. Induced polarization method: Origin, measurement techniques, data process, and interpretation, removing undesired noises and masking effects from data.