Landmine and unexploded ordnance detection and classification with ground penetrating radar

Ground Penetrating Radar

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 445-478

  Yarovoy, Alexander ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84882562193     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53348-7.00014-4     Document Type: Chapter

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