A geophysical technique called ground penetrating radar (GPR) provides a method for cemetery location and locating cemetery grave sites quickly and efficiently. A GPR survey crew can cover large areas in a day depending on the terrain and vegetation cover.

Ground penetrating radar surveys are useful for cemetery location and for locating cemetery grave sites by detecting the coffin, the person, objects buried with the person, or the burial trench into which the coffin or body was placed. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is operated above the ground surface, and produces a cross-sectional image on the screen of the cemetery grave site that is underground.

GPR surveys for cemetery location are conducted using SIR-2 equipment and various antennas with frequencies ranging from 200 to 400 MHz. Depths of penetration and the detail of the image observed is determined by the antenna that is used when conducting the survey. A low frequency antenna (200 MHz or less) will examine the subsurface depths up to 45 feet. A higher frequency antenna (400 MHz or more) can examine the near surface in great detail.

GPR surveys for cemetery location and locating cemetery grave sites are quickly run and subsurface data is obtained immediately. The pictures below show how a GPR survey is conducted.

To have a survey conducted for cemetery location and locating grave sites using ground penetrating radar, contact:

e-mail:surveys@geophysicalsurveys.com

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