本书第一版是丹麦哥本哈根大学学生教材的副产品。这本书当时是为学习地质学和地球物理学的大学生而写的,目的是给他们大体上介绍主要的地球物理方法,而不是给他们详细讲授所有的地球物理方法。本书第二版的宗旨与第一版的一样。然而,鉴于近十年来该学科有许多新的进展,这一版对第一版的许多内容进行了重新修订。另外,本版新增加三章反映 The first edition of this book is a by-product of student textbooks at Copenhagen University of Denmark. The book was written for undergraduates studying geology and geophysics in order to give them a general overview of the major geophysical methods rather than giving them a detailed explanation of all geophysical methods. The purpose of the second edition of this book is the same as that of the first edition. However, given the many new developments in the discipline in the last decade, many have been revised in this edition. In addition, this edition adds three chapters to reflect