Relationships between human activity and the magnetic properties of soils: A case study in the medieval site of Roissy-en-France

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-170

  Marmet, E ^a,d   Bina, M ^b   Fedoroff, N ^c   Tabbagh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Géomagnétisme   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d AFAN   (France)

Author keywords

Human activity; Hysteresis loop; Magnetic susceptibility; Temperature of heating; Thermomagnetic curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350276715     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0763(199909)6:3<161::AID-ARP118>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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