Usefulness of GPR measurements in interpretation of structures of river terraces (Kamienica River Valley, Polish Outer Carpathians)

Studies on river terrace deposits using ground penetrating radar (GPR) were conducted on several river terraces in the Kamienica river valley, Polish Outer Carpathians. All GPR profiles were collected using RAMAC/GPR system with 50 and 200 MHz antennae. The study has been based on 10 GPR profiles from 40 m to 200 m in length from which two as the most characteristic are presented in the paper. Terrace sediments consist mainly of gravels with subordinate sand. A peat layer has been found in one profile. These deposits lie on strath terraces built up with flysch sandstones and shales. Most of the profiles show reflections suggesting that the deposits are composed of multichannel river deposits. Some features of the profiles also indicate the presence of strath terraces and a peat layer. Even though lithology and texture of the investigated sediments are not very diverse, GPR measurements are quite useful in a few aspects of terraces’ structure interpretation