Investigating multi-polarization GPR wave transmission through thin layers: Implications for vertical fracture characterization

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Tsoflias, Georgios P ^a   Hoch, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; POLARIZATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

FLUID-FILL; FRACTURE APERTURE; PLANE-WAVE OBLIQUE-INCIDENCE TRANSMISSION; THIN-LAYER PROPERTIES;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

FRACTURE APERTURE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; THIN SECTION; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 33845643030     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027788     Document Type: Article

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