Application of ground-penetrating radar imagery for three-dimensional visualisation of near-surface structures in ice-rich permafrost, Barrow, Alaska

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-321

  Munroe, Jeffrey S ^a   Doolittle, Jim A ^b   Kanevskiy, Mikhail Z ^c   Hinkel, Kenneth M ^d   Nelson, Frederick E ^e   Jones, Benjamin M ^f   Shur, Yuri ^c   Kimble, John M ^b  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Ground penetrating radar; Ice wedge polygons; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; PERMAFROST; RADAR IMAGERY; SEDIMENT CORE; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37749035650     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.594     Document Type: Article

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