Start Date
2020
Description
Ground Penetrating Radar is a non-invasive method of observing the Earth’s subsurface using emitted radio waves. The coastal dune environment present at PJ Hoffmaster State Park represents an ideal environment to utilize this technology (1). The contrast of subsurface soils show up as reflective layers which can be interpreted as sedimentary layers using GPR data. Subsurface layers provide insight to the historic dune structure, revealing past erosional or depositional events and possibly paleo wind directions (2).
Recommended Citation
Duimstra, Peter and Higley, Melinda C., "Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Investigate a Sedimentary Archive at PJ Hoffmaster State Park" (2020). Summer Research. 1.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/summer_research/2020/Posters/1
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Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Investigate a Sedimentary Archive at PJ Hoffmaster State Park
Ground Penetrating Radar is a non-invasive method of observing the Earth’s subsurface using emitted radio waves. The coastal dune environment present at PJ Hoffmaster State Park represents an ideal environment to utilize this technology (1). The contrast of subsurface soils show up as reflective layers which can be interpreted as sedimentary layers using GPR data. Subsurface layers provide insight to the historic dune structure, revealing past erosional or depositional events and possibly paleo wind directions (2).
