Searching out mammoth remains in permafrost (Taimyr, Siberia) using ground-penetrating radar

Gilles Grandjean; Christian de Marliave; Bernard Buigues; Dick Mol; Gilles Ruffie

doi:10.1117/12.462270

12 April 2002 Searching out mammoth remains in permafrost (Taimyr, Siberia) using ground-penetrating radar

Gilles Grandjean, Christian de Marliave, Bernard Buigues, Dick Mol, Gilles Ruffie

Proceedings Volume 4758, Ninth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462270
Event: Ninth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR2002), 2002, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Abstract

A field survey organized in the framework of the Mammuthus project was recently carried out in the Taimyr Peninsula (Siberia, 26 April - 14 May 2001) in order to extract a mammoth carcass from the permafrost. The ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technique was firstly used to accurately locate the bones and tissue of the carcass. A 1 m3 block containing such remains was then extracted and transported to Khatanga City, where it is currently stored in a cave at a temperature of -12 °C awaiting to be studied by paleontologists. The second aspect of GPR application consisted in sounding the block in order to define the detailed distribution of the bones and tissue, valuable information for researchers in charge of excavation work.

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Gilles Grandjean, Christian de Marliave, Bernard Buigues, Dick Mol, and Gilles Ruffie "Searching out mammoth remains in permafrost (Taimyr, Siberia) using ground-penetrating radar", Proc. SPIE 4758, Ninth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, (12 April 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462270

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