Semiquantitative evaluation of massive rock quality using ground penetrating radar

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Orlando, Luciana ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Backscattered energy; Georadar; Quality of massive rocks

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FRACTURE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ROCKS;

BACKSCATTER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION;

EID: 0037216566     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(02)00229-X     Document Type: Article

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