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EOS, TRANSACTIONS AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION,
VOL. 87, NO. 25,
doi:10.1029/2006EO250008,
2006
Near-Surface Geophysics: A New Focus Group
Lee Slater
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Rosemary Knight
Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, California, USA
Kamini Singha
Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Andrew Binley
Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Estella Atekwana
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Missouri at Rolla, Missouri, USA
Abstract
AGU has established the new Near-Surface Geophysics (NS)focus group in response to rapidly growing scientific studies of the
“critical zone,” the near-surface environment where complex interactions exist between processes in hydrogeology, geochemistry,
and geobiology, among other disciplines. This new focus group will concentrate on processes occurring in the top 100 meters
of the critical zone, which supports human infrastructure, provides water and mineral resources, is the disposal zone for
much of the population's waste, represents a key component of many hazards assessments, and is the interface between land
and atmosphere for many of the biogeochemical cycles that sustain life.
Published 20
June
2006.
Index Terms: 9820 General or Miscellaneous: Techniques applicable in three or more fields; 9805 General or Miscellaneous: Instruments useful in three or more fields; 9810 General or Miscellaneous: New fields (not classifiable under other headings).
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Citation: Slater, L., R. Knight, K. Singha, A. Binley, and E. Atekwana
(2006),
Near-Surface Geophysics: A New Focus Group,
Eos Trans. AGU,
87(25),
doi:10.1029/2006EO250008.
Copyright 2006 by the American Geophysical Union.
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