Spectral analysis of ground penetrating radar response to thin sedimentary layers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Guha, S ^a   Kruse, S E ^a   Wright, E E ^b   Kruse, U E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Wall College of Business   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

RADAR DATA; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS GENERATE WAVELENGTHS; THIN BEDS; THIN SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 31544444124     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023933     Document Type: Article

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