Geophysical data quality (lack of) in archaeology
Featuring a popular publication, some dodgy data and a well-known contractor! Those fortunate enough to have been working in shallow geophysics for as long as I have will undoubtedly have noted a...
View ArticleHow not to use the twin probe electrical resistance array…
We recently came across account of an amateur (at least we presume so) geophysical surveyor writing software to remove the requirement that the separation of the local (A & M) and remote probes (B...
View ArticleGuidance, Standards and Regulation – what do these mean?
I was struck recently by a discussion on LinkedIn about the usefulness or not of the setting of industry standards and regulation. While there was basic agreement that the setting of standards is...
View ArticleMagnetic scanning – a workable technique?
We have recently had another opportunity to examine how scanning and sampling strategies compare with complete (detailed) survey. First of all though, what do we mean by these terms? Unrecorded...
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When magnetic survey fails…
The image below is formed from an extract of twin probe electrical resistance data and total magnetic field data for exactly the same area (the top, left and bottom edges correspond in both cases)....
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