Integrating ground-penetrating radar and borehole data from a Wadden Sea barrier island

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-59

  Nielsen, L ^a   Moller I ^b   Nielsen, L H ^b   Johannessen, P N ^b   Pejrup, M ^a   Andersen, T J ^a   Korshoj J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c Geoteknisk Institut   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amplitude analysis; Barrier island; Borehole data; GPR; Processing; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS; BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH RIDGES; CLAY LAYERS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; COMMON MID POINTS; DATA SETS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; GOOD CONTINUITIES; GPR; GPR REFLECTIONS; GROUND-PENETRATING RADARS; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; JOINT INTERPRETATIONS; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LOG DATUM; MARINE SANDS; MEAN SEA LEVELS; PENETRATION DEPTHS; PROCESSING STEPS; REFLECTION DATUM; SALT MARSHES; SALT-WATER INTRUSIONS; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES; SEDIMENTARY UNITS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACES; SIGNAL WAVEFORMS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THIN LAYERS; TOTAL LENGTHS; VERTICAL RESOLUTIONS; WADDEN SEA;

BEACHES; CLAY MINERALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; REFLECTION; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SECURITY OF DATA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

RADAR REFLECTION;

BARRIER ISLAND; BOREHOLE LOGGING; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 67349268144     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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