Degradation of archaeological wood under freezing and thawing conditions-effects of permafrost and climate change

Archaeometry

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 479-495

  Matthiesen, H ^a   Jensen, J B ^a   Gregory, D ^a   Hollesen, J ^a,b   Elberling, B ^b  

^a National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Decay rate; Environmental monitoring; Greenland; Microscopy; Oxygen consumption; Permafrost; Qajaa; Thawing; Wood

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FREEZING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERMAFROST; THAWING; WOOD;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84900872838     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12023     Document Type: Article

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