A LTS-SQUID system for archaeological prospection and its practical test in Peru

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 750-755

  Linzen, S ^a   Chwala, A ^a   Schultze, V ^a   Schulz, M ^a   Schuler T ^b   Stolz, R ^a   Bondarenko, N ^a   Meyer, H G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Thüringer Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Geomagnetism; Gradiometer; Multisensor system; SQUID

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SOILS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION; FAST MAPPING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; LTS-SQUID SYSTEMS;

SQUIDS;

EID: 34547401582     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898570     Document Type: Conference Paper

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