Archaeomagnetic results on three Early Iron Age salt-kilns from Moyenvic (France)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-156

  Hervé, Gwenaël ^a,c   Schnepp, Elisabeth ^b   Chauvin, Annick ^c   Lanos, Philippe ^a,c   Nowaczyk, Norbert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Magnetic field; Palaeointensity; Palaeomagnetic secular variation

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; BRICKMAKING; GEOMAGNETISM; IRON; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ARCHAEOMAGNETISM; CHEMICAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; EARTH MAGNETIC FIELDS; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; PALAEOINTENSITY; PALAEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATIONS; PSEUDO SINGLE DOMAINS; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

KILNS;

DEMAGNETIZATION; IRON AGE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 79952722412     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04933.x     Document Type: Article

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