Ground-penetrating radar survey over bronze age circular monuments on a sandy soil, complemented with electromagnetic induction and fluxgate gradiometer data

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-202

  Verdonck, L ^a   Simpson, D ^a   Cornelis, W M ^a   Plyson, A ^a   Bourgeois, J ^a   Docter, R ^a   van Meirvenne, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aerial archaeology; Augering; Bronze age funeral monuments; Ground penetrating radar; Time domain reflectometry; Wave velocity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349467834     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.359     Document Type: Article

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