Ground-penetrating radar sounding in mafic lava flows: Assessing attenuation and scattering losses in Mars-analog volcanic terrains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Heggy, Essam ^a   Clifford, Stephen M ^a   Grimm, Robert E ^b   Dinwiddie, Cynthia L ^c   Wyrick, Danielle Y ^c   Hill, Brittain E ^c,d  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LAVA FLOW; MAFIC ROCK; MARS; PERMEABILITY; PERMITTIVITY;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748902373     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002589     Document Type: Article

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