Effects of the transition zone above a water table on the reflection of GPR waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Bano, Maksim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; REFLECTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; TRANSITION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE THICKNESS;

WATER WAVES;

ANTENNA; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PHREATIC ZONE; REFLECTANCE; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER TABLE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 33845650549     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026158     Document Type: Article

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