Characterization of buried inundated peat on seismic (Chirp) data, inferred from core information

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 261-272

  Plets, Ruth ^a   Dix, Justin ^a   Bastos, Alex ^a,b   Best, Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chirp; Maritime archaeology; Peat; Reflection seismology; Submerged landscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449032800     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.318     Document Type: Article

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