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definition
A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity.
Examples of geophysics in a Sentence
In addition to boreholes, the Crossrail team is also using geophysics to study the ground conditions.
GeoRef is the most comprehensive database on geology and geophysics and also includes cosmogony.
In particular you will learn how to apply geophysics to geological and environmental problems.
Having gained a degree in geology at Durham in 1958, Walter Holmes moved to Imperial College, London to study geophysics.
A F Howland Associates - Offers various archeological and related services, including geophysics.
Setting out survey grids quickly with an acceptable degree of accuracy has always been an issue in archeological geophysics.
It was used for physical oceanography, marine geophysics and marine biology including krill and fish.
Richard Bowen BSc MSc, Applied Geophysicist Richard has a background in applied environmental geophysics and joined the TerraDat team in 2001.
This includes modules in structural geology and exploration geophysics, and classes in geophysical topics such as signal processing.
The glossary contains a broad collection of terms that cover most aspects of earthquake phenomena including seismology, geophysics and structural geology.
I 'm doing a PhD in geophysics after 3 years undergrad maths and 1 year 's masters (in geophysical applied maths).
The research team includes expertise in climatology, meteorology, remote sensing, geomorphology and geophysics.
I'm doing a PhD in geophysics after 3 years undergrad maths and 1 year's masters (in geophysical applied maths ).
Their experiments show that in similar conditions the evaporation of sea-water amounts to from 70 to 91% of the evaporation of fresh water, a fact of some importance in geophysics on account of the vast expanses of ocean the evaporation from which determines the rainfall and to a large extent the heat-transference in the atmosphere.