Basic Geophysics: The Birth of Seismics

What does a four-tonne sphere have to do with oil?
Development of portable seismometers, establishment of reflection and refraction seismics in the search for crude oil, presentation of Ludger Mintrop and John Clarence Karcher.

A production of the Geophysical Institute (GPI) in collaboration with the Center for Technology-Enhanced Learning (ZML) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).