Ground penetrating radar (GPR) imaging of the internal structure of an active parabolic sand dune

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 432, Issue , 2007, Pages 35-45

  Hugenholtz, C H ^a   Moorman, B J ^a   Wolfe, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Ground penetrating radar; Parabolic sand dunes; Radar facies; Saskatchewan

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; RADAR IMAGING; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY;

AEOLIAN; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; RADAR FACIES; SAND DUNES; SASKATCHEWAN;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

DUNE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; RADAR; RIPPLE; SIGNAL; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE; TROUGH; WESTERLY;

BIGSTICK SAND HILLS; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 70649108932     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2432(03)     Document Type: Article

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