Geophysical Electromagnetic Theoryand Methods

and G. W. Keller, published in 1994. In particular, Part IV includes several sec¬tions formulating the foundations and principles of modern IP methods, airborne electromagnetic induction methods, and marine MT and controlled-source elec¬ tromagnetic methods of hydrocarbon exploration. Note that each chapter in the book concludes with a list of references. A master bibliography is given at the end of the text, for convenience.In summary, the goal of this book is to bring together the fundamental theory of electromagnetic fields and the practical aspects of geophysical exploration for mineral and energy resources.In this book, I present also some of the research results created by the author with the support of the Consortiufor Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion (CEMI), a research and educational program in applied geo¬physics based at the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah (http://www.mines.utah.edu/~wmcemi). CEMI is an industry-sponsored consortium formed by many major national and international petroleum and min¬ing exploration companies and geophysical organizations. I am very grateful to the members of the CEMI consortium for their continuing support of this research.The author is also indebted to a great number of his teachers, colleagues, and students at both Moscow State University and the University of Utah. Among many, I would like to single out my long-term fruitful collaboration with my teacher, Professor Mark N. Berdichevsky, who stimulated my early interest in electromagnetic geophysics.I also wish to acknowledge my gratitude to Professor Vladimir I. Dmitriev of Moscow State University and to Professor George V. Keller of the Colorado School of Mines for their contribution to some of the material presented in this book.I also thank Professor Frank Brown and other colleagues in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, for creating a supportive environ¬ment for my research. I am thankful to all my past and present graduate students and research associates, who have worked together with me on many exciting projects in electromagnetic geophysics. Thanks are expressed particularly to my former graduate student, Dr. Leif Cox, who read the manuscript with great care and made a number of useful suggestions and correctionsIn conclusion, I wish to express my deep gratitude to my wife, Olga Zhdanov, for her constant encouragement during the work on the manuscript.