Vertical radar profiling for the assessment of landfill capping effectiveness

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-142

  Cassiani, Giorgio ^a   Fusi, Nicoletta ^b   Susanni, Daniele ^c   Deiana, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c ENSR Italia Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INFILTRATION; LAND SURFACE; LANDFILL CAPPING; LEAKAGE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERMEABILITY; WATER TABLE;

EID: 41849104519     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2008010     Document Type: Article

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