Piper, this is a dream, finding a toilet that flushed in Desaguadero was hard enough, phone calls took 10 tries to complete, do you really think a Groun Penetratin Radar can be found nearby? It doesnt matter at this point, the government would put you in jail as they prefer to let the meteorite rot. Michael Farmer
--- "Piper R.W. Hollier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello again list, > > Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is commonly used for > non-destructive > investigation of archaeological sites. GPR "can > detect objects, changes in > material, and voids and cracks." (Wikipedia) Has > anyone thought of mapping > the crater with GPR before sending in a backhoe to > rip it open? This could > be one way to have some idea whether there are > meteorite masses under the > ground, how large, and where, before starting to > dig. It could also yield > valuable information about the morphology of the > crater, with potentially > more precision and detail than digging would allow. > > Can someone on the list comment on the state of the > art of GPR? How deep > can it penetrate nowadays? (Wikipedia says 15 > meters, best case.) Would a > high water table be a problem? (Wikipedia says that > range would be greatly > reduced in "moist and/or clay laden soils.") Are > there new designs or > techniques that could get around such limitations? > > In any case, there would be some thorny practical > problems to be dealt > with. Ordinarily the antennas need to be nearly in > direct contact with the > ground, which would seemingly make it very > difficult, if not impossible, to > do a scan of an area where the ground surface is > anything but flat. Or has > someone come up with a "workaround" for this issue > in a similar situation? > > Best wishes to all, > > Piper > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list