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Nondestructive Testing Technologies for Cultural Heritage: Overview

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In this chapter, the most used NDT geophysical technologies applied in the field of preventive archaeology and in the analysis of monumental heritage will be considered. Starting from the current state of the art, we will examine: Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) , electrical active (Electrical Resistivity Tomography—ERT; induced polarization—IP) and passive (Self-Potential—SP), and seismic sonic an ultrasonic methods. Here some important theoretical aspect will be explained as simply as possible, also using practical examples.

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Leucci, G. (2019). Nondestructive Testing Technologies for Cultural Heritage: Overview. In: Nondestructive Testing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01899-3_3

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