{"id":55544,"date":"2025-07-18T11:59:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=55544"},"modified":"2025-07-18T13:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T07:42:21","slug":"ground-penetrating-radar-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ground-penetrating-radar-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Penetrating Radar Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ground Penetrating Radar Technology Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has discovered signs of ancient Buddhist stupas and structural remains buried beneath the soil in Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana by using advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ground Penetrating Radar Technology<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>geophysical method<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that uses <\/span><b>high-frequency electromagnetic pulses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to image the subsurface of the Earth or other solid materials.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>non-destructive detection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and imaging method which identifies subsurface elements either underground or within a surface such as concrete.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Working of Ground Penetrating Radar Technology<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GPR uses a <\/span><b>transmitter antenna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send high-frequency, pulsed, <strong>E<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/electromagnetic-waves\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>lectromagnetic waves<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (typically from 10 MHz to 1,000 MHz) into the subsurface to acquire information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wave spreads out and travels downward until it <\/span><b>hits a buried object<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or boundary with different <\/span><b>electromagnetic properties<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of the wave <\/span><b>energy is reflected or scattered back to the surface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while part of the energy continues to travel downward.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wave is reflected back to the surface to a receiver antenna that records the amplitude of the reflected energy and the arrival time of the wave on a digital storage device.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar Technology<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GPR can detect both <\/span><b>metallic and non-metallic objects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, giving it a wide range of applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It reveals all types of utilities, including electrical conduit, steam pipes, telecommunications lines, gas &amp; oil lines, water lines, and sewer &amp; storm pipes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/2000-year-old-buddhist-site-found-in-haryana\/articleshow\/122605788.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ground Penetrating Radar Technology is a geophysical method that uses high-frequency electromagnetic pulses to image the subsurface of the Earth or other solid materials. 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