Search
Now showing items 21-30 of 37
Algodones Dune Migration and Strigraphic (sic) Analysis Using Ground Penetrating Radar, Southern California
(2019-05)
The Algodones dune field, is located south-east of the Salton Sea in Southern California. The dune field is divided into two sections composed of a protected wilderness area (north) and a larger area of public land (south), ...
Identifying the Great Synagogue of Vilna in Vilnius, Lithuania
(2018-02-20)
Since 1957, the remains of the Great Synagogue of Vilna in Vilnius, Lithuania have been hidden under an elementary school. An international team of scientists used ground penetrating radar (GPR) to identify the buried ...
Locating Subsurface Structures at the Krošinskių Manor Rokiškis, Lithuania
(2019-05)
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys were conducted at the former Krošinskių Manor, located in Rokiškis, Lithuania, searching for remnants of the manor complex. The manor belonged to the Krošinskių family, who ruled the ...
Interpretation of the Duluth-Superior Barrier System : Analysis Through Models and Ground Penetrating Radar Data
(2017-12-07)
Barrier Island geomorphology is a complex subject due to the various coastal
environments and associated processes where barriers form, including
variations in sediment supply and sea level. The Duluth-Superior Barrier
System ...
Ground Penetrating Radar Investigation at Kahal Grande Synagogue, Rhodes, Greece
(2017-03-27)
The purpose of this project was to non-invasively
collect and analyze GPR data of the synagogue's
subsurface to look for evidence of past iterations of
the synagogue and determine possible excavation
locations. Hopefully, ...
Identifying the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, Lithuania With Ground Penetrating Radar
(2017-04-19)
The Great Synagogue of Vilnius, Lithuania was heavily
damaged by the Nazi’s during World War II. From preliminary analysis, remains of the synagogue’s walls have been located in Grid #2 and further analysis with EKKO_Project ...
Discovering a Holocaust Era Escape Tunnel : GPR Investigation at Ponar, Lithuania
(2018-02-05)
Over 100,000 individuals were killed in Ponar Forest, Lithuania from 1941-1944. Eighty Jewish prisoners forced to burn the bodies of the victims were held in the forest for roughly a year. In an attempt to escape, they dug ...
Ground Penetrating Radar as a Method for Archaeological Investigation : Rhodes, Greece
(2018-02-06)
Rhodes, Greece is widely known for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World. A portion of the island, The Medieval Old Town of
the City of Rhodes, was declared a World Heritage Site due to ...
Nazi Mass Execution Trenches at Fort IX, Kaunas Lithuania
(2018-04)
Shortly after the Nazi occupation of Lithuania in June of 1941, they began to round up the country’s Jewish population as
part of the Nazi’s “Final Solution”. At Fort IX as many as 45,000 Jews and Communists were killed ...
Applying Interpolation Methods for Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Topographic Correction at a Lithuanian Holocaust Mass Burial Site
(2019-05)
A ground penetrating radar (GPR) grid was collected to locate a Holocaust mass burial site in the Trakas-Pempiškis woods of Rokiškis, Lithuania. The survey, shot with a pulseEKKO Pro GPR system and 500 MHz antennae, consisted ...