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Electromagnetic Methods Department

The Electromagnetic Methods Department teaches students to quantitatively interpret subsurface electrical properties through controlled-source and magnetotelluric (MT) techniques. Coursework covers hands-on acquisition and processing of EM sounding and profiling data, with practicum projects in resistivity mapping, fluid-saturation estimation, and deep crustal interpretation. Graduates are ready for immediate fieldwork, designing and interpreting EM surveys on their own for resource exploration, groundwater, and geothermal investigations.

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Field-based Curriculum · 13

This department's curriculum is built directly on the GeoVerse Lab research fields its professors hold — click a field to see how it is taught.

Magnetotellurics
Magnetotellurics
Teaches magnetotellurics from the ground up — probing to hundreds of kilometres …
Louis Cagniard
Geomagnetic Deep Sounding & Long-Period MT
Geomagnetic Deep Sounding & Long-Period MT
Teaches geomagnetic deep sounding — probing mantle conductivity with long-period…
Ulrich Schmucker
MT Data Processing, Robust & Joint Inversion
MT Data Processing, Robust & Joint Inversion
Teaches the statistical craft of MT data processing — extracting transfer functi…
Keeva Vozoff
CSAMT & Controlled-Source EM Theory
CSAMT & Controlled-Source EM Theory
Teaches CSAMT — replacing natural signals with one's own transmitter — together …
Stanley H. Ward
Marine Controlled-Source EM
Marine Controlled-Source EM
Teaches marine CSEM — targeting thin resistive reservoir-scale layers — its diag…
Charles S. Cox
EM Induction Theory & Analytic Forward Modeling
EM Induction Theory & Analytic Forward Modeling
Teaches why analytic solutions for a layered Earth remain the benchmark for all …
James R. Wait
Airborne EM Systems
Airborne EM Systems
Teaches the principles and limits of airborne electromagnetics — regional-scale …
Anthony R. Barringer
Frequency-Domain Induced Polarization
Frequency-Domain Induced Polarization
Teaches frequency-domain induced polarisation — reading chargeability from frequ…
Harold O. Seigel
Spectral & Time-Domain IP, EM Theory Synthesis
Spectral & Time-Domain IP, EM Theory Synthesis
Teaches spectral and time-domain IP — characterising the full polarisation respo…
Misac Nabighian
Ground-Penetrating Radar
Ground-Penetrating Radar
Teaches ground-penetrating radar — sensing dielectric contrast — with hands-on e…
John Call Cook
DC Resistivity & Electrical Resistivity Tomography
DC Resistivity & Electrical Resistivity Tomography
Teaches the most accessible electrical method — current injection and potential …
Frank Wenner
Self-Potential Method
Self-Potential Method
Teaches self-potential — reading potentials the ground generates on its own — ce…
Robert Were Fox
TEM Interpretation & EM Instrumentation
TEM Interpretation & EM Instrumentation
Teaches time-domain electromagnetics — interpreting decay voltages after current…
Norman R. Paterson