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The resources on this page represent historical key dates for various geophysical methods. These will be added to, updated and ammended as required.
- Electrical and Electromagnetics. (12 pages) Thanks to Ken Witherly & Louise Pellerin for contributing this document.
- Engineering and Environmental. (9 pages) Thanks to Geoff Pettifer for contributing this document.
- Magnetism 1 (History Magnetic Exploration - Geophysics Vol 70 2005)
- Australian Milestones in Airborne Magnetics. (3 pages) References for this list are found in Doug Morrison’s book “Measuring Terrestrial Magnetism”, Ch. 3, p. 30-36.
- Australian Milestones in Ground Magnetics. (33 pages) Thanks to John M Stanley and Roger Henderson. October 2023.
- The sesquicentennial of palaeomagnetism and rock magnetism in Austrlalia - Phil Schmidt (8 pages)
- Earliest Ground Radiometric milestones 1944 - 1952 (1 page) Thanks to Roger Henderson. March 2024.
- Earliest Gravity measurements 1788 - 1935 (2 pages) Thanks to Roger Henderson. March 2024.
- Exploration Geophysics Applied to Archaeological Investigations (7 pages) by Vern Wilson, May 2024
- Exploration Geophysics as Applied to Groundwater Investigations 1965 - 1972 (7pages) by Vern Wilson, April 2024