Quantitative analysis of water-content estimation errors using ground-penetrating radar data and a low-loss approximation

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Giroux, Bernard ^a   Chouteau, Michel ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; ERRORS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; POROSITY; RADAR MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ATTENUATION TOMOGRAPHY; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION ERRORS; GPR AMPLITUDE DATA; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; VELOCITY TOMOGRAPHY;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

CLAY; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PERMITTIVITY; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864154809     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3464329     Document Type: Article

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