Ground penetrating radar investigations across the Uemachi fault, Osaka, Japan

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 63-75

  Rashed, Mohamed ^a   Kawamura, Daisaku ^a   Nemoto, Hiroo ^a   Miyata, Takao ^b   Nakagawa, Koichi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Faults; GPR; Osaka; Seismic hazards; Shallow structures

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOPHYSICS; SURFACES;

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

DEFORMATION; FAULT SCARP; FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; SEISMIC HAZARD;

HONSHU; JAPAN; OSAKA;

EID: 0042328284     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(03)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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