Modern reconnaissance methods for geohazard detection and monitoring in site investigation

Advances in Geotechnical Engineering: The Skempton Conference - Proceedings of a Three Day Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1255-1268

  Culshaw, M G ^a,b   McCann, D M ^a,c   Bell, F G ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOILS; SURVEYING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; CONTAMINATION PLUMES; GEOHAZARDS; THERMAL DETECTORS;

SITE SELECTION;

EID: 11944251349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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