Software & Tools for Geophysical Data Acquisition, Processing & Interpretation

A curated directory of widely used commercial, academic, and open-source tools for geophysics.
Includes seismic, GPR, resistivity, EM, gravimetry, magnetic interpretation, modeling, inversion, visualization, and field-data utilities.

Organized by category so visitors can quickly find the tools relevant to their workflow.

Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) Software

GPR-SLICE — Advanced 2D/3D processing and visualization suite for archaeological, engineering, and environmental GPR surveys.
REFLEXW (Sandmeier) — Industry-standard processing package for GPR and seismic refraction/MASW.
RADAN (GSSI) — Proprietary processing environment for GSSI GPR systems.
EKKO_Project (Sensors & Software) — Acquisition, processing, and 3D visualization for pulseEKKO and Noggin systems.

Seismic Processing & Interpretation

SeisImager (Geometrics) — Refraction, MASW, and downhole processing.
Vista Seismic Processing — Full-stack processing for exploration-scale seismic.
OpendTect (Open Source + Pro Plugins) — Interpretation platform with seismic attribute analysis, machine learning tools, and advanced visualization.
Seismic Unix (SU) — Free, open-source processing library from Colorado School of Mines.
SeismoSignal / SeismoStruct — Earthquake engineering and signal analysis tools.

MASW, ReMi & Surface-Wave Tools

SurfSeis (KU/SeismicLab) — Leading MASW and MAM processing platform.
Geopsy — Free open-source software for ambient-vibration and noise-based methods.
ReMi (Optim Software) — Frequency–wavenumber analysis for ReMi surveys.

Resistivity & ERT / IP Software

Res2DInv / Res3DInv — Most commonly used inversion tools for 2D/3D resistivity and induced polarization data.
BERT / pyBERT — Open-source inversion environment for ERT/IP, built on Python.
AGI EarthImager — 2D/3D ERT, IP, and SP inversion with integrated visualization.
ZondRes2D / ZondRes3D — Resistivity and IP modeling/inversion.

Electromagnetic (EM) & Ground Conductivity Tools

EMIGMA (PetRosEiK) — Modeling and inversion for EM, magnetics, and resistivity.
Aarhus Workbench (Aarhus GeoSoftware) — Industry-leading modeling/inversion for TEM/HEM/AEM datasets.
Maxwell (Interpex) — Suites for EM forward modeling and inversion.

Magnetics, Gravimetry & Potential Field Software

Oasis montaj (Seequent) — Widely used for magnetic/gravity processing, modeling, and interpretation.
MAGNET2D / MAGNET3D — Tools for modeling magnetic anomalies.
GRAV3D / MAG3D (UBC) — Academic-grade inversion programs for gravity/magnetic datasets.

Borehole & Downhole Tools

WellCAD (ALT) — Comprehensive logging-data processing and visualization.
LogPlot (RockWare) — Borehole log creation and analysis.
IPiH — Tools for borehole geophysical interpretation.

Geological & Geophysical Modeling / Inversion

Leapfrog Works / Leapfrog Geo — 3D geological modeling with geotechnical and geophysical integration.
Geomodeller (Integeo) — 3D geology modeling with geophysical constraints.
Petrel (SLB) — Full seismic interpretation + reservoir modeling suite.
GOCAD / SKUA — Geological modeling with strong geophysical workflows.
SimPEG (Open Source) — Modern, Python-based framework for EM, DC/IP, gravity, magnetics, and seismic inversion.

Visualization, GIS & Mapping

QGIS (Open Source) — Free GIS software commonly used in environmental & geophysical mapping.
ArcGIS Pro — Industry-standard GIS environment.
ParaView (Open Source) — 3D visualization for large geophysical models.
VoxelViewer Tools — 3D voxel rendering for subsurface datasets.

Field Utilities & Data Acquisition Tools

Tersus GeoSuite — GNSS/RTK tools for survey integration.
GPS Pathfinder / TerraSync — GNSS mapping for field teams.
FieldMap / Emlid Flow — Simple field mapping and coordinate capture.

Machine Learning & Python Libraries for Geophysics

ObsPy — Python toolbox for seismology.
PyGIMLi — Geophysical inversion and modeling framework.
SimPEG — Electromagnetics, grav/mag, DC/IP, MT, seismic.
Fatiando a Terra — Open-source tools for gravity, magnetics, and modeling.
PyVista — Visualization of geophysical meshes and 3D objects.

Data Repositories & Open Datasets

IRIS — Seismic waveform and metadata archive.
USGS Earth Explorer — Satellite and geophysical datasets.
EMODnet Geology — Marine geophysical and geological data.
OneGeology — Global geological data resource.

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