Volumetric monitoring of dynamic moisture distribution in an aged railway embankment

Near Surface 2011 - 17th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gunn, D A ^a   Chambers, J E ^a   Meldrum, P I ^a   Ogilvy, R D ^a   Wilkinson, P B ^a   Haslam, E ^a   Holyoake, S ^a   Wragg, J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; EMBANKMENTS; GEOPHYSICS; MOISTURE METERS; MONITORING; RAILROADS;

AUTOMATED MONITORING SYSTEMS; DRAINAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; RESISTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; VOLUMETRIC MONITORING;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

EID: 85087190231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20144410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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