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Introduction to electromagnetic exploration methods. The field hydrogeophysics emerged in the 1990s as a multidisciplinary subject that focuses on the use of geophysical methods for characterising subsurface features, determining hydrogeological. Special thanks to anna courtier at james madison university and chris thaxton in the department of physics and astronomy at appalachian state university. These are some of the questions asked by many people. The pdf portable document format versions of the lecture notes are optimized for printing.
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