Image data filtering and automatic detection of damages within asphalt with the help of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and machine learning methods

Damages within asphalt have been interesting phenomena in asphalt engineering, the detection of which is significant for maintenance of road sections. This project focuses on cracks and delaminations. An attempt was made to filter radar image data with a method based on a VNA-antenna-multilayered system model as well as the data from two...

Integrated Stratigraphy and Fluvial Cyclicity of the Westphalian B in the southern North Sea Basin

The upper Carboniferous in the southern North Sea, especially the Westphalian B and lower Westphalian C stage is characterized by the deposited cyclothems that are a series of coarsening-upward fluvial sediments cycles. These cyclothems are often coal-bearing and no more than 15 m. Studying the fluvial cyclicity has a good potential for improved...