Surface exploration geophysics applied to the Moon

With the advent of a permanent lunar base, the desire to explore the lunar near-surface for both scientific and economic purposes will arise. Appplications of exploration geophysical methods to the Earth's subsurface are highly developed. This paper briefly addresses some aspects of applying this technology to near surface lunar exploration. It is noted that both the manner of application of some techniques, as well as their traditional hierarchy as assigned on Earth, should be altered for lunar exploration. In particular, electromagnetic techniques may replace seismic techniques as the primary tool for evaluating near-surface structure.