Attenuation of GPR waves in soil samples based on reflection measurements

Author

Wunderlich, Tina ; Rabbel, Wolfgang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Geophys., Christian-Albrechts-Univ., Kiel, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

22-24 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We investigated the influence of clay and water content on the geoelectrical and GPR properties of various soil samples. The GPR measurements were analyzed not only regarding wave velocity but also with respect to amplitude decay. The attenuation of the GPR waves is quantified in terms of the quality factor Q that can be determined from a comparison of the amplitudes of the direct and reflected waves. We applied the spectral ratio method known from seismic data processing to determine the Q-factor and confirmed the obtained Q-values by foreward wavelet modeling. The investigated soil samples showed variations in the clay contents of 2-60 % and in the volumetric water content from 0 to 35 %. The corresponding quality factors vary between 5 and 15 for high and low clay and water contents, respectively.

Keywords

clay; data analysis; ground penetrating radar; seismic waves; soil; terrestrial electricity; GPR wave attenuation; amplitude decay; clay content analysis; foreward wavelet model; geoelectrical properties; quality factor; reflected wave amplitude; reflection measurement; seismic data processing; soil sample; spectral ratio method; volumetric water content; wave velocity; Dielectrics; Geophysical measurements; Ground penetrating radar; Permittivity; Q factor; Soil; Soil measurements; GPR; Q; amplitude;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR), 2011 6th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Aachen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0332-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0331-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAGPR.2011.5963879

Filename

5963879