HR: 09:00h
AN: NS21A-05    [Abstracts]
TI: dielectric properties of salt clay mixtures
AU: * Aqil, S
EM: aqil@ualberta.ca
AF: Dr. Sanaa Aqil, Department of Physics, Mailstop 615 11322 89 Ave University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G7, Canada
AU: Schmitt, D
AB: Dielectric properties of salt clay mixtures Sanaa Aqil and Douglas Schmitt Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a technique that is frequently used in salt mines to locate hazardous zones such as clay and salt contaminated with clay. These zones can be identified on a GPR map. GPR reflection occurs because of the difference of the dielectric permittivity. We measured the complex dielectric permittivity of synthetic and natural salt clay mixture using coaxial line sensor in conjunction with a network analyser that operates between frequencies of 10MHz and 3GHz. These measurements and their application to the interpretation of GPR data will be discussed.
DE: 1859 Rocks: physical properties
SC: Near-Surface Geophysics [NS]
MN: 2009 Joint Assembly