Use of trace elements from historical mining for alluvial sediment dating

Soil and Water Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 77-86

  Horák, Jan ^a   Hejcman, Michal ^a,b  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Archaeological methods; Heavy metals; Historic metallurgy; Human impact; Landscape development; Middle ages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879309730     PISSN: 18015395     EISSN: 18059384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/49/2012-swr     Document Type: Article

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