Action TU1208 

Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar

COST Success Story

Conference Papers Working Group 4 

(with acknowledgement to COST Action TU1208)

Archaeology and cultural heritage


[wg4-Ac11] R. Persico, L. Matera, S. D’Amico, R. P. Borg, P. Galea, “Integrated GPR and passive seismic investigations at cultural heritage sites: case studies in Malta,” pp. 1-5, Proc. 16th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2016), Hong Kong, 13-16 June 2016, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2016.7572608 (Italy, Malta; STSM OUTCOME)


[wg4-Ac10] R. Persico, L. Pajewski, S. D’Amico, V. Pérez-Gracia, “Ground-Penetrating Radar prospection at the Jesuits' church in Valletta, Malta, 22nd European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics - Near Surface Geoscience 2016, 4-8 September 2016, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201602031 (Italy, Malta, Spain; TS OUTCOME)


[wg4-Ac9] S. Kadioglu and Y. K. Kadioglu, “Investigation of the Sultan Alp Arslan tomb with geophysical methods, in the historical Merv city (Turkestan),” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2016-18494 (Turkey; OPEN ACCESS)


[wg4-Ac8] A. Benedetto, L. Pajewski, K. Dimitriadis, P. Avlonitou, Y. Konstantakis, M. Musiela, B. Mitka, S. Lambot, L. Żakowska, “Ground-penetrating radar investigation of St. Leonard's Crypt under the Wawel Cathedral (Cracow, Poland) – COST Action TU1208,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2016-17965 (Belgium, Greece, Italy, Poland; TS OUTCOME; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT; OPEN ACCESS)


[wg4-Ac7] V. Perez-Gracia, O. Caselles and J. Clapes, "Ground penetrating radar assessment of historical buildings: The study of the roofs, columns and ground of Santa Maria del Mar, in Barcelona," Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean, Lecce, 2015, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/MMS.2015.7375496 (Spain)


[wg4-Ac6] S. Santos-Assunçao, R. Gonzalez-Drigo, V. Perez Gracia, “GPR Assessment of Columns in the Pavilions and the Church of the Modernista Building Sant Pau Hospital, in Barcelona,” Proc.  Near Surface Geoscience 2015 - 21st European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 6-10 September 2015, Turin, Italy, doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201413674  (Ireland, Spain; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT)


[wg4-Ac5] S. Kadioglu, K. Y. Kadioglu, A. A. Akyol, "Picturing monuments and cultural heritages with ground penetrating radar method including its half bird's eye view visualization," Proc. 8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR), 7-10 July 2015, Florence, Italy, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IWAGPR.2015.7292684 (Turkey)


[wg4-Ac4] S. Kadioglu, Y. K. Kadioglu, K. Deniz, Ground Penetrating Radar and Micro Raman Spectroscopy in Keciova Mosque Casbah-Algiers (Algeria),” Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 50-53, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970383  (Turkey; GPR 2014)


[wg4-Ac3] A. Saintenoy, F. Rejiba, E. Leger, S. Bonde, C. Maines, Ground Penetrating Radar prospection at the charterhouse of Bourgfontaine, Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 83-86, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970390 (France, USA; COOPERATION WITH IPC; GPR 2014)


[wg4-Ac2] V. Pérez-Gracia, S. Santos-Asssunçao, R. González, O. Caselles, J. Clapés, V. Salinas, Geophysical exploration of columns in historical heritage buildings,Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 97-102, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970393 (Spain; GPR 2014)


[wg4-Ac1] S. Santos Assunçao, K. Dimitriadis, Y. Konstantakis, V. Pérez-Gracia, E. Anagnostopoulou, M. Solla, and H. Lorenzo, Non-destructive assessment of the Ancient Tholos Acharnon Tomb Building Geometry,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-13961-1  (Greece, Spain; STSM Outcome, INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT; OPEN ACCESS)



Environment


[wg4-Ec4] J. Jezova, S. Lambot, “Observing of tree trunks and other cylindrical objects using GPR,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2016-14884 (Belgium; OPEN ACCESS)


[wg4-Ec3] J. Jezova, L. Mertens, S. Lambot, “Microwave sensing of tree trunks,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2015, 12-17 April 2015, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2015-6264-1 (Belgium; OPEN ACCESS) 


[wg4-Ec2] M. Van Meirvenne, E. Van De Vijver, L. Vandenhaute, P. Seuntjens, Investigating soil pollution with the aid of EMI and GPR measurements,” Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 1006-1010, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014. 6970578 (Belgium; GPR 2014)


[wg4-Ec1] G. Vargemezis, N. Diamanti, P. Tsourlos, I. Fikos, “Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Ground Penetrating Radar for locating buried petrified wood sites: a case study in the natural monument of the Petrified Forest of Evros, Greece,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-14298.  (Greece; OPEN ACCESS)



Vital signs of buried and trapped people


[wg4-VSc1] L. Crocco, V. Ferrara, A Review on Ground Penetrating Radar Technology for the Detection of Buried or Trapped Victims,” Proc. 2nd International Workshop on Collaborations in Emergency Response and Disaster Management (ERDM 2014), 2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2014), 19 - 23 May 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (Italy)



Industrial sites


[wg4-ISc1] E. Van De Vijver, M. Van Meirvenne, T. Saey, P. De Smedt, S. Delefortrie,  P. Seuntjens, Combining ground penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction for industrial site characterization,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-1886-1  (Belgium, OPEN ACCESS)



Geological structures

 


[wg4-Gc5] S. Kadioglu, Y. K. Kadioglu, “Determining change of bathymetry with GPR method in Ordu-Giresun, a sea-filled airport in the Black Sea, Turkey,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2016- 18490 (Turkey; OPEN ACCESS)


[wg4-Gc4] S. Santos-Assuncao, V. Perez-Gracia, R. Gonzalez-Drigo, "GPR backscattering applied to urban shallow geology: GPR application in seismic microzonation," Proc. 8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR), 7-10 July 2015, Florence, Italy, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IWAGPR.2015.7292659 (Ireland, Spain; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT)


[wg4-Gc3] M. Solla, F.G. Montesinos, D. Gomez-Ortiz, T. Martin-Crespo, J. Arnoso, E. Velez,  "Characterization of volcanic structures using ground penetrating radar and additional inverse modelling: Multidisciplinary geophysical investigation in the Timanfaya National Park (Spain)," Proc. 8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR), 7-10 July 2015, Florence, Italy, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IWAGPR.2015.7292640 (Spain)


[wg4-Gc2] A. Ristic, M. Govedarica, M. Vrtunski, D. Petrovacki,Application of GPR for creating underground structure model of specific areas of interest,” Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 450-455, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970464 (Serbia; GPR 2014)


[wg4-Gc1] S. Santos-Assunçao, V. Pérez-Gracia, R. González, V. Salinas, O. Caselles, J. Clapés, L.G. Pujades, and N. LantadaGeological structures evaluated by means of scattering noise in Ground penetrating radar images,” Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 255-261, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970425   (Spain; GPR 2014 AWARD FOR EARLY-STAGE RESEARCHERS; GPR 2014 )



Cemeteries


[wg4-Cc1] S. Kadioglu, Y. K. Kadioglu, A. A. Akyol, Monitoring the Hittite Cemetery Site with 3D Half Bird’s Eye View of GPR Data Set in Sapinuva Ancient City of the Hittite Empire,” Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014,  pp. 71-74, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970387 (Turkey; GPR 2014)



UXO


[wg4-Lc1] S. Kadioglu, Y. K. Kadioglu, A Test Study to Display Buried Anti-Tank Landmines with GPR and Research Soil Characteristics with CRS,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-10131  (Turkey; OPEN ACCESS)



Combined use of GPR and other NDT techniques in civil engineering


[wg4-NDTc9] R. Persico, F. Mangini, “A preliminary work on the discrimination of magnetic properties by means of TDR data,” Proc. URSI Commission B International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS 2016), 4–18 August 2016, Espoo, Finland, pp. 745-747, doi: 10.1109/URSI-EMTS.2016.7571508 (Italy)


[wg4-NDTc8] R. Persico, S. D’Amico, L. Matera, “Use of GPR and standard geophysical methods to explore the subsurface: Example from the Maltese Archipelago,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2016-18503 (Italy, Malta; STSM OUTCOME; OPEN ACCESS)


[wg4-NDTc7] W. Muller, H. Bhuyan, A. Scheuermann, “A comparison of modified free-space (MFS), GPR and TDR techniques for permittivity characterisation of unbound granular pavement materials,” Proc. International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE), Berlin, Germany, 15-17 September 2015, pp. 1-4 (Australia; IPC; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT; OPEN ACCESS)


[wg4-NDTc6] W. Muller, “A comparison of TSD, FWD and GPR field measurements,” Proc. International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE), Berlin, Germany, 15-17 September 2015, pp. 1-10 (Australia; IPC; OPEN ACCESS)


[wg4-NDTc5] M. Solla, R. Asorey-Cacheda, X. Nunez-Nieto, B. Riveiro,  "Combined approach of GPR and thermographic data through FDTD simulation to analyze masonry bridges: The evaluation of construction materials in a restored masonry arch bridge," Proc. 8th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR), 7-10 July 2015, Florence, Italy, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IWAGPR.2015.7292641 (Spain)


[wg4-NDTc4] V. Marecos, S. Fontul, M. de Lurdes Antunes, "Evaluation of a highway pavement using non destructive tests: Falling Weight Deflectometer and Ground Penetrating Radar," Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2015, 12-17 April 2015, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2015-13924-2  (Portugal; OPEN ACCESS)


[wg4-NDTc3] M. Solla, M. Varela-González, J. Martínez-Sánchez, P. Arias,GPR for Road Inspection: Georeferencing and Efficient Approach to Data Processing and Visualization,” Proc. 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2014), Brussels, Belgium, 30 June – 4 July 2014, pp. 913-918, doi: 10.1109/ICGPR.2014.6970559 (Spain; GPR 2014) 


[wg2-NDTc2] A. Loizos,  C. Plati,GPR used in combination with other NDT methods for assessing pavements in PPP projects,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-1953 (Greece; OPEN ACCESS)


[wg2-NDTc1] J. Endom, The Neglected Exactness,” Geophysical Research Abstracts, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2014, 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria, article ID EGU2014-4350-2.  (Germany; INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT; OPEN ACCESS)



 

 




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