Geological tools to interpret Scottish medieval carved sculpture: Combined petrological and magnetic susceptibility analysis

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 257, Issue , 2006, Pages 283-305

  Miller, Suzanne ^a   McGibbon, Fiona M ^b   Caldwell, David H ^a   Ruckley, Nigel A ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEDIEVAL; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE;

EID: 33646571896     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.257.01.22     Document Type: Article

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