That's a good question. I was wondering the same thing myself. Best guess based on preliminary googling is "The principal disadvantage of GPR is that it is se

That's a good question. I was wondering the same thing myself. Best guess based on preliminary googling is "The principal disadvantage of GPR is that it is severely limited by less-than-ideal environmental conditions. Fine-grained sediments (clays and silts) are often problematic because their high electrical conductivity causes loss of signal strength; rocky or heterogeneous sediments scatter the GPR signal, weakening the useful signal while increasing extraneous noise."