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Department of Material Science, Institute of Heritage Sciences, National Research Council, Italy

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• Research Article   
  3D GPR Technique for Assessing Underground Built Heritage Stability
  Author(s): Giovanni Leucci*, De Giorgi L and Carrozzo AR
  
  The potential of geophysical methods in the monumental heritage state conservation study is well known. The available geophysical non-destructive techniques can provide important information about the state of preservation of the artefacts without resorting to destructive action. They are extremely useful in identifying unknown or presumed emergencies to better target restoration operations. The advantage of a geophysical survey is that it enables information to be obtained for large volumes of ground that cannot be investigated by direct methods due to cost. Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) is one of the more used geophysical technique applied in underground exploration. It is a non-destructive methodology that has become a very important tool for the study of the state of degradation of the monumental heritage. GPR is characterised by a wide frequency band ranging.. View More»
  

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