The Influence of Soil Moisture, Temperature and Oxygen on the Oxic Decay of Organic Archaeological Deposits

Archaeometry

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 362-377

  Hollesen, J ^a,b   Matthiesen, H ^a  

^a Environmental Archaeology and Material Science Laboratories   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bryggen; Decay rate; Decomposition model; Environmental monitoring; In situ preservation; Norway

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925342746     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12094     Document Type: Article

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