Date of Award
12-1962
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Geological and Environmental Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. William A. Sauck
Second Advisor
Dr. W. Thomas Straw
Third Advisor
Dr. Richard Passero
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Seismic work utilizing a six-channel analog seismograph and a hammer impact source successfully obtained coherent reflection events from horizon within the glacial overburden, from the drift-paleozoic interface, and from Paleozoic bedrock targets. Fieldwork was conducted in eight drift-covered environments where the drift thickness varied from 80 feet to greater than 500 feet. Factors that exerted a major control over the seismic response at each environment studied include the depth of the water table, the type of surface material underlying the shot point and geophone spread, and the use of single versus multiple geophones per channel. Each of these factors influenced the shape and frequency content of the generated source pulse and the overall response of the geophone-seismograph system.
Recommended Citation
Luby, Thomas Patrick, "An Investigation of Drift-Covered Environments Using the Shallow Reflection Seismic Method, Kalamazoo County, Michigan" (1962). Masters Theses. 1677.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1677