Seismology (from Ancient Greek seismós meaning "earthquake" and logía meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. Exploration seismology is the application of seismology for prospecting energy sources, mainly oil, gas, coal and geothermal. Engineering seismology is the application of seismology for supporting geotechnics and environmental, shallow geohazards, earthquake engineering and related instrumentation design.
Exploration and Engineering Seismology is used extensively in a number of fields. Its applications can be categorized into two main groups, each defined by their depth of investigation: Near-surface applications, an application that aims to understand geology at depths of up to approximately 1 km, typically used for engineering and environmental surveys, as well as coal and mineral exploration, and; Hydrocarbon exploration, used by the hydrocarbon industry to provide a high resolution map of subsurface up to 10 km within the subsurface. This can be combined with other exploration geophysics tools and can be used to help geologist to build a geological model of the area of interest.
In general, the research group focuses on the following activities on exploration and engineering seismology: Instrumentation (designing and developing instruments), Data acquisition (survey design and operation), Data processing (delivering high quality and accurate data), Data modeling and imaging (modeling of the data to deliver high quality and accurate surface and sub-surface images), Data analysis and interpretation (providing reliable and plausible information on exploration and engineering).
In general, the research group focuses on the following activities on exploration and engineering seismology: Instrumentation (designing and developing instruments), Data acquisition (survey design and operation), Data processing (delivering high quality and accurate data), Data modeling and imaging (modeling of the data to deliver high quality and accurate surface and sub-surface images), Data analysis and interpretation (providing reliable and plausible information on exploration and engineering).
All members of Exploration and Engineering Seismology Research Group actively publish their research on reputable international journals. The achievement is reflected in the SCOPUS H-index with the score of more than 4. The members also carried several researches with their colleagues from both domestic and international institutions/universities.
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