Inversion of dispersive APVO GPR curves: A thin-layer approach for fracture characterization on a vertical cliff

Proceedings of the 2007 4th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, IWAGPR 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 49-53

  Deparis, J ^a   Garambois, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Amplitude and phase versus offset and frequency; Fracture characterization; Inversion; Thin layer

Indexed keywords

CURVES (ROAD); DETECTORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFLECTION; SYSTEM STABILITY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WAVES;

(PL) PROPERTIES; COMPLEX PATTERNING; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY (CP); FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURE NETWORKS; GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); IN ORDER; INTERNATIONAL (CO); LIMESTONE FORMATION; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD ALGORITHM; PHASE VARIATIONS; PROPAGATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PATTERNS; REFLECTED WAVES; ROCK MASSES; STABILITY ASSESSMENT; THIN LAYERING; VERTICAL CLIFF;

FRACTURE;

EID: 46849098223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AGPR.2007.386523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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