Mineral magnetism and archaeomagnetic dating of a mediaeval oven from Zlatna Livada, Bulgaria

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 496-510

  Herries, A I R ^a,b   Kovacheva, M ^b   Kostadinova, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Bulgaria; Mediaeval oven; Mineral magnetism; Palaeodirection; Palaeointensity

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY;

ARCHAEOMAGNETISM; MEDIAEVAL OVEN; MINERAL MAGNETISM; PALEODIRECTION; PALEOINTENSITY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HETEROGENEITY; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETITE; MEDIEVAL; MINERALOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ALBA; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZLATNA;

EID: 43549112888     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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