Supermagnetic Enhancement, Superparamagnetism, and Archaeological Soils

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 401-413

  Peters, Clare ^a   Thompson, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BEDROCK; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC METHOD; MAGNETIC MINERAL; SOIL PROFILE;

CYPRUS; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0008368445     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199906)14:5<401::AID-GEA3>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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