GPR investigations for the study and the restoration of the rose window of Troia Cathedral (southern Italy)

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 287-300

  Masini, Nicola ^a,b   Nuzzo, Luigia ^c   Rizzo, Enzo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; CRACK PROPAGATION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IMAGING METHOD; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SEISMIC METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 34948878110     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2007010     Document Type: Article

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