Output details

On the detection objects buried at a shallow depth using seismic wave reflections

Significance of output:

This technique has been used in Mapping The Underworld (MTU), a £3.5M EPSRC programme involving several universities and companies, which aims at designing a multisensory device to see through the ground. It is estimated that up to 4 million holes are cut into the UK road network each year. Failure in the location of existing buried assets results in practical problems, costs and dangers for utility owners, contractors and road users. MTU has attracted the interest of industry and of the wider public. Adam Hart-Davis has interviewed the MTU team and a Radio 4 programme titled Mapping Britain’s Underworld has been aired in May 2012.