INRTU students learn modern methods of geophysical prospecting in practice in Chernorud

Interns conducted an electro-tomography survey on Olkhon Island by themselves. Then the students built a 3D model of electrical resistivity, which was used to design a water search well.

According to Yuri Davydenko, chief of field practice and also director of marketing and project education at the Siberian School of Geosciences, the second-year students mastered ground detailed magnetometry, radiometry, electromagnetic sounding, and also studied electrotomography.

Polytechnicians discovered a water-cut fault zone and made navigation for drilling a well. It should be noted that the issue of groundwater prospecting is in demand in the Baikal region.

The students were especially interested in the master class on UAV systems. At the end of the practice, a group report was prepared. The defense of the report was successful.

Denis Denisov, a second-year student, shared his impressions of the practice:

“Every day was scheduled on a minute-by-minute basis. All the materials we learned during the year were consolidated on practical examples. The information obtained during one or another method of geophysical exploration was processed and analyzed together with Yuri Alexandrovich Davydenko. He is a true professional who generously shares his experience”.

Polina Vorobyeva particularly remembered the master class with drones and the trip to Olkhon, where the curator set the task to conduct electrical reconnaissance with the help of the “SKALA-64” device:

"We had to walk a few kilometers, but it was a very productive hike. We learned a lot. Now I know how to process data and work in the new information programs.”