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Exploration Geophysics for Geologists – EM & IP in Mineral Exploration

June 9 - June 12

Professional Development Short Course

Module 3

Electromagnetics & Induced Polarisation in Mineral Exploration

A 1.5 day course presented over 4 days
Daily sessions include presentations, time for questions, discussion and review.

  • Introduction to EM – what is it and how does it work?
  • Examples of EM in exploration projects
  • Understanding EM basics: Data acquisition, Processing, Display, Types of EM surveys
  • Advanced concepts useful for ranking EM responses – Time constant, Tau, Coupling
  • Maxwell EM modelling – a simple practical to help get a fell for what ‘plate’ means
  • A brief overview of Induced Polarisation (IP)
  • IP and exploration interactive case study
  • Interactive case study to cement the above concepts

Daily Sessions
Session times to be confirmed.

Detailed course information here.