Applying electrical resistivity tomography to the identification of endokarstic geometries in the Pleistocene Sites of the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-245

  Ortega, A I ^a,b   Benito Calvo, A ^a   Porres, J ^c   Perez Gonzalez A ^a   Martin Merino M A ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b Serv de Invest Espeleologicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cave; Dipole dipole geolectric; Electrical resistivity tomography; Geoarchaeological prospection; Schlumberger Wenner geolectric; Sierra de Atapuerca sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649504149     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.392     Document Type: Article

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