The use of a high-resolution 3D Chirp sub-bottom profiler for the reconstruction of the shallow water archaeological site of the Grace Dieu (1439), River Hamble, UK

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 408-418

  Plets, Ruth M K ^a   Dix, Justin K ^b   Adams, Jon R ^c   Bull, Jonathan M ^b   Henstock, Timothy J ^b   Gutowski, Martin ^d   Best, Angus I ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d GeoAcoustics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buried wood; Chirp sub bottom profiler; Degradation; Geophysics; Grace Dieu; Reconstruction; Shipwreck

Indexed keywords

GPS; NAVIGATION; POSITIONING; SHIP DESIGN; VESSEL;

EID: 57849159700     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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