How much rain is too much for a GPR survey? Results of the Borre Monitoring Project

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Petra Schneidhofer, Christer Tonning, Rebecca J. S. Cannell, Erich Nau, Alois Hinterleitner, Geert J. Verhoeven, Lars Gustavsen, Knut Paasche, Wolfgang Neubauer, Terje Gansum
Tina Wunderlich, Hanna Hadler, Ruth Blankenfeldt, Advances in On- and Offshore Archaeological Prospection. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing, Kiel, 2023, pp. 377--382

DOI: 10.38072/978-3-928794-83-1/p76

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Schneidhofer, P., Tonning, C., Cannell, R. J. S., Nau, E., Hinterleitner, A., Verhoeven, G. J., … Gansum, T. (2023). How much rain is too much for a GPR survey? Results of the Borre Monitoring Project. In T. Wunderlich, H. Hadler, & R. Blankenfeldt (Eds.), Advances in On- and Offshore Archaeological Prospection. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection (pp. 377–382). Kiel: Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing. https://doi.org/10.38072/978-3-928794-83-1/p76

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Schneidhofer, Petra, Christer Tonning, Rebecca J. S. Cannell, Erich Nau, Alois Hinterleitner, Geert J. Verhoeven, Lars Gustavsen, Knut Paasche, Wolfgang Neubauer, and Terje Gansum. “How Much Rain Is Too Much for a GPR Survey? Results of the Borre Monitoring Project.” In Advances in On- and Offshore Archaeological Prospection. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, edited by Tina Wunderlich, Hanna Hadler, and Ruth Blankenfeldt, 377–382. Kiel: Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing, 2023.

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Schneidhofer, Petra, et al. “How Much Rain Is Too Much for a GPR Survey? Results of the Borre Monitoring Project.” Advances in On- and Offshore Archaeological Prospection. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, edited by Tina Wunderlich et al., Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing, 2023, pp. 377–82, doi:10.38072/978-3-928794-83-1/p76.

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@inproceedings{schneidhofer2023a,
  title = {How much rain is too much for a GPR survey? Results of the Borre Monitoring Project},
  year = {2023},
  address = {Kiel},
  pages = {377--382},
  publisher = {Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing},
  doi = {10.38072/978-3-928794-83-1/p76},
  author = {Schneidhofer, Petra and Tonning, Christer and Cannell, Rebecca J. S. and Nau, Erich and Hinterleitner, Alois and Verhoeven, Geert J. and Gustavsen, Lars and Paasche, Knut and Neubauer, Wolfgang and Gansum, Terje},
  editor = {Wunderlich, Tina and Hadler, Hanna and Blankenfeldt, Ruth},
  booktitle = {Advances in On- and Offshore Archaeological Prospection. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection}
}

Abstract
Soil moisture variation is complex and depends on a range of factors, which complicates the formulation of recommendations for GPR surveys. Low amounts of soil moisture produced GPR data of higher quality. However, precipitation rates as well as chronological sequence of precipitation/thawing processes and the GPR survey are of importance. Winter months can offer favorable conditions for GPR surveys if temperatures remain negative over a prolonged time period, allowing for frost to build in the ground. Results of the Borre Monitoring Project (BMP) are valid only for sites with similar settings as Borre; the monitoring approach, however, can be transferred to larger regions with more representative sites.