Applicability of ground-penetrating radar as a tool for nondestructive soil-depth mapping on pleistocene periglacial slope deposits

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-184

  Gerber, Rolf ^a   Felix Henningsen, Peter ^a   Behrens, Thorsten ^b   Scholten, Thomas ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GPR; GPR facies; Layer based velocity calibration; PPSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951036568     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200800163     Document Type: Article

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