Detecting brine zones in salt deposits with the ground penetrating radar (GPR) for safety assessments of underground waste disposals

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 265-274

  Igel, Jan ^a   Kurz, Gerhard ^a   Schulz, Rüdiger ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BRINE; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; POTASH; SAFETY; SALT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 33746847641     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2005050     Document Type: Article

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