Soil properties and performance of landmine detection by metal detector and ground-penetrating radar - Soil characterisation and its verification by a field test

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 368-377

  Takahashi, Kazunori ^a   Preetz, Holger ^a   Igel, Jan ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dielectric permittivity; Electric conductivity; Electromagnetic induction (EMI); Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Magnetic susceptibility; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; DETECTION PERFORMANCE; DETECTION TECHNIQUE; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES; FIELD TEST; GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; LAND MINE DETECTION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPES; TARGET IDENTIFICATION;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; EXPLOSIVES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; INDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; METAL DETECTORS; METALS; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

DETECTION METHOD; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINING; PERMITTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 79953306610     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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