Detection of fractures from GPR data: The case history of the Cathedral of Otranto

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 452-461

  Leucci, G ^a   Persico, R ^b   Soldovieri, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Fracture detection; Frequency domain processing; GPR; Inverse scattering approach; Time domain processing

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DETECTION METHOD; FRACTURE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LECCE; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849137289     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/4/4/011     Document Type: Article

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