Marine electrical resistivity tomography for shipwreck detection in very shallow water: A case study from Agropoli (Salerno, southern Italy)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1989-1998

  Passaro, S ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeological target detection; DEM; Magnetics; Marine resistivity measurements

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BATHYMETRY; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; TOMOGRAPHY;

AGROPOLI; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; SALERNO;

EID: 77953962758     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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