GPR is a very unique technology that can be applied to many diverse applications. The most common uses are reflected below. If you don't immediately see your particular application, it is most likely that one of Sensors & Software application specialists has heard about it. Be sure to contact us or check using 'Ask-the-Expert'.
Mining,Tunneling & Quarrying
Geotechnical & Environmental
Forensics & Archaeology
Locating Pipes & Cables
Concrete & Pavement
Military & Security
Agriculture & Forestry
Ice &Snow
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Mining, Tunneling & Quarrying
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GPR sees widespread use in mining, quarrying & tunneling. GPR can detect changes in rock type and sense major structures such as fractures, faults and joints. Specific applications include defining geology structure, mineral exploration, overburden thickness determination, mine site evaluation, tunneling design, rock mass stability, placer deposit grading and ore zone delineation.
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Geotechnical & Environmental
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Engineered development and assessment of groundwater conditions demand solid definition of subsurface conditions. GPR's ability to define geologic strata and detect anomalous geologic structure makes it a regular tool in the engineering geophysicists' arsenal of methods. In addition, GPR is one the few methods that is directly sensitive to the water content and chemistry. Applications range from route selection for roads, railway and pipelines to karst evaluation to contaminant plume mapping.
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Forensics & Archaeology
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GPR’s unique ability to sense buried artifacts and soil disturbances makes GPR a powerful tool for police forensic investigations as well as archeological site evaluations. Applications are wide ranging. Police regularly use GPR to uncover buried caches of drugs, money, weapons as well as to locate unmarked graves. Archeologists routinely look for localized artifacts as well as mapping large historical sites covering hectares to define road and building locations with no need for costly and intrusive excavation
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Locating Pipes & Cables
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GPR sees widespread use for locating buried pipes and
cables. The unique ability of GPR to detect non-metallic as well
as metallic structures provides unique locating capability.
GPR can be deployed in simple 'locate and mark' mode for
rapid on-site solutions. Whether carrying out Subsurface
Utility Engineering (SUE) or controlling excavation in complex
areas, GPR 'surveying and mapping' provides unmatched
capability for defining subsurface infrastructure.
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Concrete & Pavement
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GPR sees widespread use for investigating the structural state and physical properties of concrete structures, roads, runways and similar engineered environments. The questions addressed vary from layer thicknesses, to presence and location of reinforcing and tensioning members to the presence of voids, water content and compaction.
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Military & Security
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Security, emergency measures and military uses of GPR abound. GPR’s unique sensitivity to non-metallic structures embedded in soils, rocks and building materials results in GPR seeing use in diverse applications such as search and rescue, tunnel location, intrusion detection, UXO, landmine and buried IED detection.
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Agriculture & Forestry
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GPR’s sensitivity to changes in water content and material composition lead to its use in forestry and agricultural areas. Applications are wide range and stretch from monitoring the health of living trees to monitoring soil moisture in high value crops to bio-counting. Another common use of GPR is mapping of drainage and irrigation.
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Ice & Snow
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Snow and ice covered areas were the birth-place environments for GPR use. Snow and ice are very transparent to GPR signals. Common applications include snow depth monitoring for ski slope management, ice thickness for winter road safety, location of avalanche victims as well as glaciological and polar ice-cap research.
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