A geophysical approach to buried site detection using down-hole susceptibility and soil magnetic techniques

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 182-206

  Dalan, Rinita A ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried archaeological sites; Down hole measurements; Magnetic susceptibility; Palaeosols; Soil magnetism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750017594     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.278     Document Type: Article

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