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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.