Soil magnetism, an approach for examining archaeological landscapes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-188

  Dalan, Rinita A ^a   Banerjee, Subir K ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETISM;

EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MAGNETIC TECHNIQUES; NORTH AMERICAN; SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY; SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

SOILS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; LANDSCAPE; SOIL MAGNETISM;

USA;

EID: 0029752246     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03689     Document Type: Article

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