New archaeointensity results from archaeological sites and variation of the geomagnetic field intensity for the last 7 millennia in Greece

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 578-595

  De Marco, E ^a   Spatharas, V ^a   Gomez Paccard M ^b,c,d   Chauvin, A ^b   Kondopoulou, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeointensity; Greece; Kilns; Secular variation curve; Thellier method

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); GEOCHRONOLOGY; KILNS; REMANENCE;

ARCHAEOINTENSITY; SECULAR VARIATION CURVE; THELLIER METHOD;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CERAMICS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PAROS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SPRING VIREMIA OF CARP VIRUS;

EID: 43549117466     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.02.025     Document Type: Article

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