Mapping fractures with GPR: A case study from Turtle Mountain

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Theune, Ulrich ^a   Rokosh, Dean ^a,b   Sacchi, Mauricio D ^a   Schmitt, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture; Ground penetrating radar; Remote sensing by radar; Rocks

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKS; SLOPE STABILITY;

FRACTURE ORIENTATION; GEOLOGIC HAZARD; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; SLOPE-STABILITY ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

FRACTURE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TURTLE MOUNTAIN;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 33748879551     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2335515     Document Type: Article

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