On the use of archeology in geomagnetism, and vice-versa: Recent developments in archeomagnetism

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 630-648

  Gallet, Yves ^a   Genevey, Agnès ^b   Le Goff, Maxime ^a   Warmé, Nicolas ^c   Gran Aymerich, Jean ^d   Lefèvre, Annie ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^c Institut de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives   (France)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Archeointensity; Archeology; Archeomagnetism; Dating method; Geomagnetism

Indexed keywords

EID: 73049083155     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2009.08.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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