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Title:

GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR AS A MEANS OF QUALITY CONTROL FOR SOIL SURVEYS

Accession Number:

00489542

Record Type:

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Abstract:

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) can be used to chart the presence, depth to, and lateral extent of diagnostic subsurface soil horizons. During the part 7 yr, USDA-Soil Conservation Service and participants in the National Cooperative Soil Survey have tested GPR in diverse physiographic regions on a wide variety of soils. The principal use of GPR has been to estimate the taxonomic composition of soil map units and to determine the accuracy of soil mapping completed by conventional sampling procedures. As the users of soil surveys become more diverse, demands are being made for more detailed and quantitative information, and often to depths greater than are presently being attained in most modern surveys. Ground-penetrating radar techniques have been used to supply more detailed and quantitative analysis of soil variability. Compared with conventional surveying methods, GPR provides continuous spatial data of subsurface features, greater depth and lateral coverage per area sampled, and higher levels of confidence in site evaluations. However, the relative success of GPR investigations remains highly site- and interpreter-dependent.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1192, Soil Engineering. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Title:

Soil engineering

Monograph Accession #:

01413981

Authors:

Doolittle, J A
Rebertus, R A

Pagination:

p. 103-110

Publication Date:

1988

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1192
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309047706

Features:

Figures (6) ; References (28) ; Tables (2)

Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways; I41: General Soil Surveys

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Nov 30 1989 12:00AM

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