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Geophysics (GPR) Exploration Field Workshop (Summer 2021)
Good Morning,
Would you be so kind as to inform your students of the following Applied Geophysics (GPR) Workshop:
Our Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) Field Applications Workshop is an intensive 5-day training program in GPR survey, data acquisition and analysis. The program is designed to offer our participants a very practical, useful and concrete set of professional and research skills that would provide an edge in today’s field/urban survey and exploration job market. Our participants will acquire in a very short time the necessary practical and analytical skills to conduct independent GPR field research.
The two GPR antennas and configurations we deploy during this Workshop are the systems of choice in archaeology, forensics and shallow subsurface urban mapping (SUM), for locating buried structures, graves, utilities, root systems, etc., as well as identifying variations in pedology and geology down to about 4-6m (or 13-19ft) depth. The acquired skill set is thus applicable to field research in earth sciences, geology, geography, urban planning, architecture, surveying, civil engineering, environmental engineering, environmental studies, landscaping, forensics, anthropology, archaeology, cultural resource management (CRM), Classics, and/or history.
One of the unique aspects of the program is its comparative approach, as our participants will learn to operated two different GPR Noggin (SenSoft – Sensors and Software) systems, equipped with different transducers, respectively at 500MHz and 250MHz peak frequency, in two field configurations, cart and rough terrain. Each field team consists of 3 participants on each system, conducting at least 2 full days of data collecting. Each group will be trained in setting up their own survey grids to optimize data collection and integration, assembling each field system, and collecting the same grid data with each of our two GPRs. Concurrently, our participants will be trained in using SenSoft’s EKKO Suite to become proficient in analyzing GPR data, maximizing the results. All the data collected will be analyzed by each GPR crew, comparing, integrating and extrapolating the data/results obtained from both 500MHz and 250MHz antennas. At the end of the 5-day Workshop, each group will be required to produce a professional report and present their results in a podium presentation setting.
Participants can register to either our stand alone GPR Field Applications Workshop (5 days) or the integrated Geophysics (GPR) Exploration and Roman Archaeology Excavation (4 weeks).
Program details:
GPR Field Applications Workshop (5-day) Session Dates:
- June 13-19, 2021;
- June 20-26, 2021
- July 11-17, 2021;
- July 18-24, 2021;
- August 1-7, 2021.
Geophysics (GPR) Exploration and Roman Archaeology Excavation (4 weeks) Session Dates:
- June 6-July 3, 2021;
- July 4-31, 2021.
Location: Rapoltu Mare, Transylvania, Romania (field research target sites: medieval Uroi Castle, Roman city and castrum of Micia)
Website: https://www.archaeotek-
Contact: Dr. Andre Gonciar at archaeology@archaeotek.org
Best regards,
Dr. Andre Gonciar
Director - ArchaeoTek / BioArch Canada
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