Fresnel reflection coefficients for GPR-AVA analysis and detection of seawater and NAPL contaminants

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-263

  Carcione, José M ^a   Gei, Davide ^a   Botelho, Marco A B ^b   Osella, Ana ^c   de la Vega, Matias ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLARIZATION; SATURATION; SEAWATER; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBSOIL;

EID: 33746819733     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2005049     Document Type: Article

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