Reconstructing the paleotopography beneath the loess cover with the aid of an electromagnetic induction sensor

Catena

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-64

  Saey, Timothy ^a   Simpson, David ^a   Vitharana, Udayakantha W A ^a   Vermeersch, Hans ^a   Vermang, Jan ^a   Van Meirvenne, Marc ^a  

^a Faculty of Bioscience Engineering   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apparent electrical conductivity; EM38DD; Erosion patterns; Paleolandscape; Quaternary loess cover; Tertiary substrate

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEPOSITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; EROSION; LOESS; MAPPING METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SENSOR; TERTIARY; WEICHSELIAN;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44149084641     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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