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Plymouth University MODULE CODE:

TITLE OF PAPER:

EAR311 Examination
Geophysics

TIME ALLOWED

2 Hours

DATE

TIME

FACULTY

Science and Technology

SCHOOL

Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

ACADEMIC YEAR

2012 / 2013

STAGE

Three

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: Answer TWO questions All questions carry equal weight. Credit will be given for annotated sketches. Candidates are not permitted to look at the examination paper until instructed to do so.
SPECIMEN SPECIMEN

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1.

Describe the various ways that rocks become magnetized and the techniques that may be used to critically evaluate the timing of acquisition of remanent magnetizations.

2.

How may thermal modelling be used to provide a first-order estimate of oceanic heat fluxes? Your answer should provide a critical assessment of underlying assumptions and uncertainties in the modelling approach.

3.

Gravity what do we really mean by gravity in a geophysical exploration context and explain how it can be interpreted both qualitatively and quantitatively.

4.

Traditionally VLF (Very Low Frequency) electromagnetic surveying has been the most widely used method of EM surveying in the past explain how it works.

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