Application of ground-penetrating radar at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

• Main Author: Stefano, J.E.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; ANTARCTICA; ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; RADAR; IMAGES; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES; BASALT; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FIELD TESTS; GEOLOGY; PERMAFROST; REMEDIAL ACTION; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; POLAR REGIONS; RANGE FINDERS; ROCKS; TESTING; VOLCANIC ROCKS; Antarctic; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5387751; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5387751

Argonne National Laboratory initiated a site investigation program at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to characterize environmental contamination. The performance and usefulness of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) was evaluated under antarctic conditions during the initial site investigation in January 1...