Time-lapse borehole radar measurements in a sandy groundwater system during a winter recharge cycle

2012 14th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 689-694

  Strobach, E ^a   Harris, B D ^a   Dupuis, J C ^a   Kepic, A W ^a   Martin, M ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Water Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Borehole radar; Groundwater recharge; Unsatirated flow; Vertical radar profiling; Zero offset profiling

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; INFILTRATION; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

BOREHOLE RADARS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; UNSATIRATED FLOW; VERTICAL RADAR PROFILING; ZERO OFFSETS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84866784841     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/icgpr.2012.6254950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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