Using ground penetrating radar in levee assessment to detect small scale animal burrows

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-131

  Chlaib, Hussein K ^a,b   Mahdi, Hanan ^c   Al Shukri, Haydar ^a   Su, Mehmet M ^a   Catakli, Aycan ^a   Abd, Najah ^a,d  

^a University of Arkansas ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THI QAR   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Animal burrows; Cavities; Dielectric constant; Ground penetrating radar; Levee; Polarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894060536     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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