How wet are these walls? Testing a novel technique for measuring moisture in ruined walls

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-263

  Sass, O ^a   Viles, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D resistivity; Moisture; Ruined walls; Soft capping; Wooden dowels

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845291080     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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