Detection of model voids by identifying reverberation phenomena in GPR records

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 284-299

  Kofman, Lev ^a   Ronen, Amit ^b   Frydman, Sam ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Geotec Engineering and Environmental Geophysics Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

GPR; Karst cavities; Model voids; Reverberation phenomenon; Test site experiment; Waveguide resonators

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR ANTENNAS;

KARST CAVITIES; MODEL VOIDS; REVERBERATION PHENOMENON; TEST SITE EXPERIMENT; WAVEGUIDE RESONATORS;

REVERBERATION;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; KARST; MODEL; SITE INVESTIGATION; VOID;

EID: 33745934014     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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