Monitoring of hydrological hillslope processes via time-lapse ground-penetrating radar guided waves

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 125-144

  Cassiani, G ^a   Strobbia, Claudio ^b   Giustiniani, M ^c   Fusi, N ^a   Crosta, G B ^a   Frattini, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

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