Ground-penetrating radar reflection profiling of groundwater and bedrock in an area of discontinuous permafrost

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1573-1584

  Arcone, Steven A ^a   Lawson, Daniel E ^a   Delaney, Allan J ^a   Strasser, Jeffrey C ^a,b   Strasser, Jodie D ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold region; Ground penetrating radar; Groundwater exploration; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GROUNDWATER; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PERMAFROST; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR REFLECTION; SEDIMENTS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; WELL LOGGING;

GROUND-PENETRATING RADARS; INTRAPERMAFROST DIFFRACTION; SUBPERMAFROST GROUNDWATER; ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; ANTENNA CONFIGURATIONS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROST; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; RELATIVE DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; SATURATED SEDIMENTS; SURFACE CONDITIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; PERMAFROST;

COLD REGION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; PERMAFROST;

EID: 0032171957     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444454     Document Type: Article

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