A review of ground-penetrating radar studies related to peatland stratigraphy with a case study on the determination of peat thickness in a northern boreal fen in Quebec, Canada

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 767-786

  Proulx McInnis, Sandra ^a   St Hilaire, André ^a   Rousseau, Alain N ^a   Jutras, Sylvain ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

geomorphology; geophysics; GPR; ground penetrating radar; peatland; stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GPS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PEATLAND; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA; JAMES BAY; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84887420633     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133313501106     Document Type: Review

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