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Summary

The southern North Sea has been an attractive region for human settlement throughout the late Quaternary. Unfortunately, to this date, little attention has been paid to the rich submerged archaeological potential in Belgium. Marine seismic techniques have been used for more than 20 years to investigate buried landscapes but in general the archaeological community often has to work with data acquired for other purposes, meaning they are not well adapted for archaeological studies. In this study, we aim to develop an efficient survey methodology to image buried palaeolandscapes for the purpose of archaeology, through the comparison of a wide range of high-resolution seismic source/receiver configurations. This should finally allow to accurately assess the geo-archaeological potential of the Quaternar

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2014-09-08
2024-04-26
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