The application of ground penetrating radar attenuation tomography in a vadose zone infiltration experiment

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 67-87

  Chang, Ping Yu ^a   Alumbaugh, David ^a   Brainard, Jim ^b   Hall, Laila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Ground penetrating radar; Tomography; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CLAY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; INFILTRATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THERMAL PLUMES;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TOMOGRAMS; VADOSE ZONE;

HYDROLOGY;

INORGANIC SALT; WATER;

ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUE; INFILTRATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; INFILTRATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TOMOGRAPHY; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS BOREHOLE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR ATTENUATION TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FILTRATION; FLOW KINETICS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERMEABILITY; RADAR; SALTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 2442468187     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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