Determination of Cracks in Road Rock Slops using Ground Penetrating Radar

Highway rock cuts are potential risk for the vehicles and passengers. Remediation is required for all road cuts not to cause any damages. For this purpose, mapping of discontinuity orientations is a requirement. Most discontinuities may be observed once the cut was exposed. However, the discontinuities in the rock mass are not observed, and their detection plays important role for preventing damages. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) has the ability to detect these discontinuities and provide information to reduce damage and lost of lives.