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International Journal of Geophysics
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 989136, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/989136
Research Article

Ground Penetrating Radar Assessment of Flexible Road Pavement Degradation

Sandro Colagrande,1 Danilo Ranalli,2 and Marco Tallini2

1Dipartimento di Architettura e Urbanistica, Università di L'Aquila, Via Campo di Pile, Zona industriale di Pile, 67100 Aquila, Italy
2Dipartimento di Ingegneria delle Strutture, delle Acque e del Terreno, Università di L'Aquila, Nucleo Industriale di Bazzano, Monticchio 67100 Aquila, Italy

Received 7 July 2010; Revised 27 October 2010; Accepted 8 February 2011

Academic Editor: Mrinal Sen

Copyright © 2011 Sandro Colagrande et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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