SUB-SURFACE INVESTIGATION FOR SHALLOW MINE WORKINGS AND CAVITIES BY THE GROUND IMPULSE RADAR TECHNIQUE

This article reports some successful attempts in the use of ground impulse radar techniques to locate buried structures. These include backfilled shafts, buried brickwork, and an abandoned air ventilation shaft. An experiment in the detection of subsurface cavities is also described. It is shown that although radar penetration is limited by the physical nature of the site, there are many areas in the UK where conditions are satisfactory for 1-10 m deep investigations. (TRRL)

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  Foundation Publications Limited

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  Brentwood CM15 9AU, Essex,   England 
• Authors:
  • Leggo, P J
  • LEECH, C
• Publication Date: 1983-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 20-23
• Serial:
  • GROUND ENGINEERING
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: EMAP CONSTRUCT LIMITED
  • ISSN: 0017-4653

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Depth; Detection and identification; Detectors; Geological surveying; Geophysics; Mines; Radar; Soils; Sounding; Subsoil; Underground structures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cavities
• Old TRIS Terms: Ground impulse radar; Subsurface explorations
• ITRD Terms: 5738: Cavity; 6499: Depth; 9115: Detection; 5742: Geophysics; 5117: Mine; 6738: Radar; 4156: Soil; 5720: Sounding; 2930: Subsoil; 4372: Subterranean
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392426
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM