Self-Potential Method: Theoretical Modeling and Applications in Geosciences

The book deals primarily with the aspects of advances in Self-Potential geophysical data modeling, different interpretation techniques, new ideas and an integrated study to delineate the subsurface structures associated with exploration, contamination, buried paleochannels, archaeological investigations, glaciology, geomorphology, subsurface mapping and also in hydrocarbon exploration.The book is specifically aimed with the state-of-art information regarding research advances and new development in these areas of study, coupled to extensive modelling and field investigations obtained from around the world. It is extremely enlightening for the students, research workers, scientists, faculty members in Applied Geophysics, Near Surface Geophysics, Potential field, Electrical and Electromagnetic methods, Mathematical Modeling Techniques in Earth Sciences, as well as Environmental and other practical problems associated with Earth Sciences.

Dr. Arkoprovo Biswas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. He received his B. Sc. (2002) in Geology from Presidency College, University of Calcutta, M. Sc. (2004) in Geological Science, M. Tech (2006) in Earth and Environmental Science from IIT Kharagpur, P. G. Diploma (2009) in Petroleum Exploration from Annamalai University. He joined Geostar Surveys India Pvt. Ltd as a Geophysicist in 2006 and later joined WesternGeco Electromagnetics, Schlumberger as an On-Board Data Processing Field Engineer/Geophysicist in 2007 and served there till 2008. In 2013 he received his Ph. D. in Exploration Geophysics from IIT Kharagpur. Later, he joined the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal as a Visiting Faculty in 2014 and completed his tenure in 2015. He again joined Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) Dehradun in 2016 as Research Associateand later he joined BHU in October 2017. His main Research Interest includes Near Surface Geophysics, Integrated Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods, Geophysical Inversion, Mineral, and Groundwater Exploration and Subsurface contamination. He has published more than 40 papers on theoretical modeling, inversion, and application in practical geoscience problems in peer-reviewed international, national journals and 6 book chapters. Dr. Biswas received the Prestigious M. S. Krishnan Medal of Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), Hyderabad for the year 2019 and B. C. Patnaik Memorial Gold Medal from the Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT), Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India in 2019. He is also a Life Member of the Indian Geophysical Union and an Active member of SEG (USA). He is also an Associate Editor of the Journal of Earth System Sciences, Spatial Information Research, Springer, and Results in Geophysical Sciences, Elsevier. Dr. Biswas is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Natural Resources Research, and, Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy Journals. He also published an Edited Book with Springer on “Advances in Modeling and Interpretation in Near Surface Geophysics”.