Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU, Postojna, Slovenia b Scott Polar Research Institute, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Department of Geology, University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, USA Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Department of Geology an...

identifying and measuring the impact and value of scientific output plays an important role in today’s world of information overload. on one side, governments are trying to distribute research funds in ways that support research in strategically important fields, on the other side, researchers and scientists are seeking to access only relevant and quality information that have mainly worthy of ...

The history of geophysics in Australia began with the first European explorers, who were concerned with the measurement of basic geophysical quantities, such as the Earth’s gravitational and magnetic fields (Day, 1966). By the first half of the twentieth century, Australia had been recognised as a possible happy-hunting ground for the new methods of exploration geophysics, as witness the accoun...

1 International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095-1567; e-mail: [email protected] 2 International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, and In...

Hydrogeologists have long been interested in using geophysical measurements to answer questions about the Earth. Originally used to find ore bodies or oil and gas, geophysics’ sensitivity to water was originally considered a nuisance. While looking for metallic ore using electricalinduced polarization, for instance, early geophysicists found that groundwater controlled most of the measured sign...

1 International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles 90095-1567, USA; e-mail: [email protected] 2 International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, an...