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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
70-1
70.1 Introduction
Ground-penetrating radar, also known as surface-penetrating radar, geo-radar, or more commonly by
the abbreviation GPR, has seen signicantly increased acceptance as a viable near-surface geophysical
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chnique
in re
cent
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of em
ploying
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strian
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ps
in th
e
19
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search
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nguished
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te
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