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Welcome to GeoNeuron, a specialized information ecosystem that serves as a reliable guide to engineering geophysics. The project is based on the traditions and scientific base of the school of MGRI (Moscow Geological Exploration Institute), later - MGGRU. It was here that the fundamental directions of the discipline were formed, methods were developed, training programs were created and the culture of field practice was laid down, which determined the high level of specialist training. We have collected the materials in one space so that you can easily navigate through them and get the maximum benefit for your tasks.
This presents systematized resources that allow engineering geophysics to be viewed as a holistic system: from the applied logic of the methods and their application in real conditions to the historical and documentary background, including practices at the Ryazantsy test site and the development of radiometric directions at MGRI. The aim of the project is to provide a coherent knowledge base, which can be applied in teaching, research and professional activities: data analysis, report preparation and project planning.
Brief overview
GeoNeuron is an organized collection of materials from the MGRI-MGGRU School. You will see how the key directions of geophysics were formed, what techniques were tested by practice, how the system of field work was organized and what decisions were documented. The materials have been collected to assist in teaching, research and professional work - from problem formulation to verification of the conclusion.
Logic of the discipline
Engineering geophysics works as a strict chain: accurate field measurements → data processing → interpretation → independent verification. Violation of the sequence almost always results in either a convincing but incorrect interpretation or a data set with no practical result.
Key Sections
The five anchor pages are self-contained entry points into specific topics. Choose the one that matches your task.
Engineering Geophysics
Discipline framework: How methods produce verifiable output and engineering solutions. A map of methods, typical errors and verification rules.
Moscow Mining Academy
Origins of the School: Mining Academy → MGRI. Context of formation of directions and departmental structure.
Polygon Ryazans
Training and field circuit: organization of practices, infrastructure, order of 1935 and photos from different years.
MGRI documents
Orders, staff schedules, structure, practices and materials from the war years. Inside are references to Dumpis and Zakharov.
Radiometry
Radiometry and Nuclear Radiometric Methods at MGRI, Periods of the Department and the Contribution of V.I. Baranov.
Quick route
Navigation scenarios for different tasks.
The origins of the school
Moscow Mining Academy → Engineering Geophysics → Documents.
What's inside
Methods, practices, documents and continuity of the MGRI-MGGRU school - in a coherent structure.
- Methodological framework: what the method actually yields and how to verify the output.
- Practice in the field: how the training work was organized at the firing range.
- Primary Sources: Orders and fragments capturing structure and decisions.
- Directions: from potential fields to radiometry to nuclear geophysics.
Who benefits
- Engineers and geologists: for selecting methods and understanding constraints.
- Students: to bridge theory and practice.
- Researchers: to work with documents and the school's history.
- Project Managers: for quality control of the interpretation and the work program.
Terminology
- Engineering Geophysics - applied methods to the problems of engineering and geological practice.
- KMA - The Kursk magnetic anomaly; an important historical context for exploration geophysics.
- Gamma logging - borehole gamma ray registration method for section analysis.
- Bureau of Methods - organizational outline of the teaching and methodological work of the faculty.
Frequent questions
What is the best place to start learning?
From «Engineering Geophysics», then move on to documents and landfill.
Where to look for primary sources?
The MGRI Documents section includes orders, structure, practices, and personnel decisions.
Where to see practices and photos?
In the section «Polygon Ryazans» - an order from 1935 and a selection of photos from different years.
If it is gamma logging and radiometry that is needed?
Go to «Radiometry and Nuclear Radiometric Methods at MGRI».