Sounding Cratonic Fill in Small Buried Craters Using Ground Penetrating Radar: Analog Study to the Martian Case

Essam Heggy (1) , Philippe Paillou (2, 3, 4)

1 LPI - Lunar and Planetary Institute [Houston]
2 L3AB - Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux
3 OASU - Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers
4 LAB - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac]

We report results from a 270 MHz GPR survey performed on a recently discovered impact field in the southwestern Egyptian desert. The investigation suggests the ability of radar techniques to detect small-buried craters and probe their filling

Domaines: Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

Essam Heggy, Philippe Paillou. Sounding Cratonic Fill in Small Buried Craters Using Ground Penetrating Radar: Analog Study to the Martian Case. 37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 13-17, 2006, League City, Texas, abstract no.1264, 2006, League City, Texas, United States. pp.abstract no.1264. ⟨hal-00020423⟩