Applications

Applications

Terra Australis Geophysica Pty Ltd provides geophysical surveys to a variety of application areas. The table below shows examples of applicable methods to some of the situations.

ApplicationObjectGeophysical Method
Civil Engineering - RoadDistribution of physical properties of ground
Assessing difficulty of excavation
Deep geological structure
Surface Wave (shallow - high resolution); Seismic Refraction (medium depth); Seismic Reflection (deep)
Seismic Refraction
Seismic Reflection
Civil Engineering - Structural ConstructionPhysical properties of supporting ground
Buried objects
Seismic Refraction; Seismic Reflection
Seismic Reflection; Electromagnetics; GPR
Agricultural / EnvironmentalGround water distribution
Water Salinity
Electromagnetic; Surface Wave (MASW)
Electromagnetics
ArchaeologicalBuried objects
Subsurface structure
Electromagnetic; GPR
Electromagnetics
Coal / Petroleum ResourcesGeological structure Resource DistributionSeismic Reflection