Synthetic and field examples of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) profile improvement using two-phase detection techniques

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 554-558

  Guangyou, Fang ^a   Pipan, Michele ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR;

EID: 10844252874     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1567224     Document Type: Article

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