Methods of surveying the thickness of humous horizons using ground penetrating radar (GPR): An example from the Garmisch-Partenkirchen area of the Northern Alps

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 799-812

  Winkelbauer, Jennifer ^a   Völkel, Jörg ^a   Leopold, Matthias ^a   Bernt, Natalie ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bavarian Alps; Forest soil; Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Humic horizons; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURVEYING;

ALPS; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

EID: 80051670224     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-010-0472-2     Document Type: Article

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