Ground penetrating radar imaging and time-domain modelling of the infiltration of diesel fuel in a sandbox experiment

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 846-858

  Bano, Maksim ^a   Loeffler, Olivier ^a,b   Girard, Jean François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b Ingénierie et mesures géophysique ^*  (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain modelling; Fuel contamination; GPR; LNAPL; Reflection; Saturated zone; Vadose zone; Water table

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUEL; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; INFILTRATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PHREATIC ZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADAR IMAGERY; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 70350408339     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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