Three-dimensional ground-penetrating radar imaging of sedimentary structures, fractures, and archaeological features at submeter resolution

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 933-936

  Grasmueck, Mark ^a   Weger, Ralf ^a   Horstmeyer, Heinrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Carbonates; Fractures; Ground penetrating radar; Sedimentary structures; Three dimensional surveys

Indexed keywords

3D MIGRATION; CROSS SECTIONS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES; SHALLOW--SUBSURFACE ASSESSMENT;

DATA ACQUISITION; DRILLING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXCAVATION; GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; LIMESTONE;

RADAR IMAGING;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBONATE; DATA PROCESSING; FRACTURE NETWORK; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TRIASSIC;

EID: 9144228712     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20776.1     Document Type: Article

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