Ground-penetrating radar: A tool for monitoring bridge scour

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Anderson, Neil L ^a   Ismael, Ahmed M ^b   Thitimakorn, Thanop ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge scour; Channel bottom; Geophysics; Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR); Multiple reflections; Peak flow

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE PIERS; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; SCOUR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BRIDGE; ECHO SOUNDING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PEAK FLOW; SCOUR; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148962313     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.13.1.1     Document Type: Article

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