Useful Links
Information on seismic equipment:
http://www.geometrics.com/ **
manufacturer of the SmartSeis
Geometrics is a
company dealing in the sales of geophysics equipment, including seismic
devices. They are the manufacturer
of the SmartSeis, as well as a source of case studies in seismology using refraction
and reflection methods that have used their offered products for data
collection.
http://www.terraplus.com/
Website for
Terraplus, a seismic equipment manufacturer and distributor.
General Information on Seismic
Exploration:
http://www.mines.edu/fs_home/tboyd/GP311/introgp.shtml
**easy
to read graphs and excellent information on seismic exploration, and
refraction.
This is a comprehensive
website written and maintained by the Colorado School of Mines. The site has detailed information on
how seismic data is taken, as well as many other basic information with graphs,
tables and easy to understand descriptions of process and interpretation.
http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/geophysics/seg.html
basic
geophysics tutorial
This site is
provided by the University of Houston, and allows you to learn about many
different applications of geophysics.
http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/geophysics/seismology.html
case
studies of seismic exploration throughout the world
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html
extensive
listing of useful links involving seismic data (including earthquakes)
References:
Laymon, Douglas E. and Robert H. Gilkeson. Application
of Seismic Refraction Methods to Evaluate Regional Groundwater Resources. Note: This guide can be obtained from the
Geometrics Site upon request.
Ohanian, Hans C., Principles of Physics.
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1994.
Redpath, Bruce B., Seismic Refraction
Exploration for Engineering Site Investigations. Explosive Excavation
Research Laboratory, Livermore, California. 1973. Note: This guide can be
obtained from the Geometrics Site upon request.
Especially Chapter
2: Seismic Exploration: Fundamental Considerations
http://www.geo.arizona.edu/saso/Education/Qanda/glossary.html
Arizona-Princeton Earth Physics
Project glossary page. It is
advisable to check out the rest of this site as well, which includes basic
guides to different seismic information being used for their projects
(earthquake related).
