<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>TRB Publications Index</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/</link><atom:link href="http://pubsindex.trb.org/common/TRIS Suite/feeds/rss.aspx?tc=NN%3ADsm" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright © 2015. National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.</copyright><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><managingEditor>tris-trb@nas.edu (Bill McLeod)</managingEditor><webMaster>tris-trb@nas.edu (Bill McLeod)</webMaster><image><title>TRB Publications Index</title><url>http://pubsindex.trb.org/Images/PageHeader-wTitle.png</url><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/</link></image><item><title>E-PHASE SYSTEM FOR DETECTING BURIED GRANULAR DEPOSITS</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/47246</link><description><![CDATA[In 1968, the Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation began an investigation of airborne geophysical survey methods for mapping buried deposits. Single-frequency E-Phase airborne resistivity surveys were carried out in 1970 and 1971, and multifrequency survey programs began in 1973.  The E-phase airborne resistivity system uses radio wave transmissions to provide the primary field, and it measures the apparent resistivity of the ground at 3 frequencies simultaneously.  The measurement of apparent resistivity at 3 frequencies provides information about the subsurface to 3 depths.  The correlation between earht materials and resistivities may vary from area to area, but definite limits of resistivity can be assigned for broad ranges of soil classification.  The E-Phase survey in the Wadena area of Sakatchewan, where intertill gravel deposits were suspected to exist, resulted in 27 anomalies worthy of follow-up.  Fifteen of these were followed up on, and all but 1 contained granular material under till cover. The preliminary ground follow-up results for 1 of the anomalies indicate a minimum of 1 million Mg of gravel that is covered and undelain by till.  The test trails and routine surveying to date have shown that the E-Phase system can be used successfully for locating superficial and intertill granular deposits and that the system as it now exists represents a major advance in soil- exploration methods.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/47246</guid></item><item><title>RADIO SYSTEM CALLS "HELP" WITHOUT WIRES OR BATTERIES</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/113710</link><description><![CDATA[HIGHWAYS APPEAR TO BE A FINE APPLICATION FOR WIRELESS AND BATTERYLESS RADIO TRANSMITTERS THAT ARE PART OF A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY SOLID STATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. DISTRESSED USERS PRODUCE THE TRANSMITTER'S POWER BY SIMPLY PULLING A DOOR DOWN TO MECHANICALLY GENERATE DECODED SIGNAL ENRGY THAT IS REALISED WHEN THE BOX IS ACTIVATED. USING FREQUENCY MODULATED TONE CODING, THE SYSTEM'S TRANSMITTER CAN SEND SIGNALS AT LEAST 25 MILES LINE-OF-SIGHT, AND JOIN WITH REPEATERS IN THE EVENT OF ROUGH TERRAIN TO EXTEND ITS EFFECTIVENESS. THE DUAL RECEIVING STATION AT CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS HAS A VUSUAL READOUT THAT INDICATES THE NUMBER OF THE BOX SENDING THE DISTRESS SIGNAL, AND A VISUAL INDICATOR THAT DESCRIBES THE REPORTED EMERGENCY'S NATURE.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 1970 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/113710</guid></item></channel></rss>