GeoVerse Lab
โ† Intelligent Geophysical Exploration Division

Gravity & Magnetic Methods Center

Applies potential field methods for regional-scale geological mapping, basement structure, and mineral exploration, conducting gravity and magnetic surveys with advanced inversion techniques for basin geometry, salt dome detection, and mineral deposits.

Seismic Exploration & Imaging CenterGravity & Magnetic Methods CenterElectromagnetic Methods CenterEarthquake Seismology CenterIntegrated Geophysics & Interpretation CenterInversion & Modeling CenterWell Logging & Petrophysics Center
Research Fields 12
Marine Gravity Surveying
๐Ÿšข Marine Gravity Surveying
Marine gravity surveying measures Earth's gravitational field from ships or submerged platโ€ฆ
Gravity Gradiometry (Torsion Balance & FTG)
โš–๏ธ Gravity Gradiometry (Torsion Balance & FTG)
Gravity gradiometry measures not the gravitational field itself but its spatial rate of chโ€ฆ
Gravimeter Data Reduction & Terrain Correction
๐Ÿงฎ Gravimeter Data Reduction & Terrain Correction
Gravimeter data reduction converts a raw field gravity reading, which mixes the geologicalโ€ฆ
Shipboard & Marine Gravity Measurement Systems
๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Shipboard & Marine Gravity Measurement Systems
Shipboard and marine gravity measurement systems engineer the instrumentation that allows โ€ฆ
Satellite Geodesy & Geoid Determination
๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Satellite Geodesy & Geoid Determination
Satellite geodesy determines Earth's global gravity field and the shape of the geoid, the โ€ฆ
Aeromagnetic Survey & Magnetometer Instrumentation
๐Ÿš Aeromagnetic Survey & Magnetometer Instrumentation
Aeromagnetic survey measures small spatial variations in Earth's total magnetic field inteโ€ฆ
Marine & Ground Magnetics
๐Ÿงฒ Marine & Ground Magnetics
Marine and ground magnetics acquires and interprets total-field magnetic measurements fromโ€ฆ
Paleomagnetism & Rock Magnetism
๐Ÿงญ Paleomagnetism & Rock Magnetism
Paleomagnetism measures the remanent magnetization locked into rocks at the time of their โ€ฆ
Magnetic Anomaly Processing & Depth Estimation
๐Ÿ“ Magnetic Anomaly Processing & Depth Estimation
Magnetic anomaly processing transforms raw total-field magnetic survey data, after removinโ€ฆ
3D Gravity & Magnetic Forward Modeling and Inversion
๐ŸงŠ 3D Gravity & Magnetic Forward Modeling and Inversion
Three-dimensional gravity and magnetic forward modeling and inversion builds explicit densโ€ฆ
Isostasy & Regional Crustal Structure
โ›ฐ๏ธ Isostasy & Regional Crustal Structure
Isostasy interprets gravity anomalies in light of the principle that Earth's rigid outer lโ€ฆ
Continental Gravity Base Networks & Crustal Density Mapping
๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Continental Gravity Base Networks & Crustal Density Mapping
Continental gravity base networks are hierarchically organized systems of precisely measurโ€ฆ