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this Focus Group, log into your account at AGU . Select to update your "Profile" and choose "Near
Surface Geophysics" as your primary
"Area of Scientific Interest".
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The Purpose of the Near-Surface
Geophysics Focus Group
Near-Surface Geophysics focuses on
the development and application of any and all geophysical
methods to study the near-surface region of the Earth, to
advance the fundamental science of geophysical imaging (data
acquisition, inversion, interpretation), and to address key
questions about subsurface properties and processes.
NS
was created to provide a home for those people who describe
themselves as near-surface geophysicists: studying and
advancing the use of geophysics for near-surface
applications. The formation of NS thus addresses two needs:
1) fosters communication within the NS geophysics community,
the primary goal being to advance the science of NS
geophysics as an end it itself; 2) promotes the awareness of
NS in other fields and advances the use of NS where the
primary science goals/questions are in other areas of
science. Near-surface applications addressed by NS
researchers include, but are not limited to, studies in
archaeology, biogeochemistry, coastal processes and climate
change, ecology, hydrology, tectonics, volcanology. A full
description of the focus group is given in the following
article in EOS: Slater, L., Knight, R., Singha, K., Binley,
A., and Atekwana, E., Near-Surface Geophysics: A New Focus
Group, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(25), 249, 2006.
