Vertical radar profiling: Influence of survey geometry on first-arrival traveltimes and amplitudes

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-191

  Tronicke, Jens ^a,b   Knoll, Michael D ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Georadar; Radiation pattern; Survey design; Traveltime modeling; Vertical radar profiling

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DATA ACQUISITION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REFRACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTERS;

DIRECT-WAVE TRAVELTIMES; LIMITING FACTORS; VERTICAL RADAR PROFILING (VRP);

RADAR;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GEOMETRY; RADAR IMAGERY; SURVEY DESIGN; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 14544275507     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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