GPR microwave tomography for diagnostic analysis of archaeological sites: The case of a highway construction in pontecagnano (Southern Italy)

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-217

  Castaldo, R ^a   Crocco, L ^b   Fedi, M ^a   Garofalo, B ^a   Persico, R ^b   Rossi, A ^c   Soldovieri, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeological prospecting; Ground penetrating radar; Inverse scattering; Microwave tomography; Three dimensional target rendering

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349462912     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.362     Document Type: Article

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