Using two- and three-dimensional georadar methods to characterize glaciofluvial architecture

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-24

  Beres, Milan ^a,c   Huggenberger, Peter ^b   Green, Alan G ^a   Horstmeyer, Heinrich ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Architectural elements; Braided rivers; Georadar; Glaciofluvial sediments; Ground penetrating radar; Scour pools

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033226659     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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