Electromagnetic conductivity mapping for site prediction in meandering river floodplains

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-91

  Conyers, Lawrence B ^a   Ernenwein, Eileen G ^b   Grealy, Michael ^a   Lowe, Kelsey M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Coastal Environments Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Electromagnetic induction; EM; Meandering river floodplains; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

EID: 48949117364     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.326     Document Type: Article

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