Geographia Technica, Issue no. 1/2011, pp. 39-47

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING AT AN ABANDONED MILITARY BASE
(LENTI, SW HUNGARY)

Lénárd PÁL, Zsófia SÁRI, Brigitta SZABÓ

ABSTRACT: Environmental geophysical measurements were carried out on the former Bottyán János Military Base in 2009, in order to detect buried installation and possible, pollutants. Specific area (a parking lot and a fuel station of the tanks and armoured personnel carriers, both covered by concrete slabs) of the abandoned military base were surveyed by geomagnetic and ground penetrating radar (GPR) methods. However no buried objects were found, the results reveal the soil structures below the concrete layer, providing useful information about the volume of the artificial filled-in – and possibly polluted – soil, which is the basis of any recultivation work.

Keywords: Geophysical measurements, military base, GPR .

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