Novel Combined Approach of GIS and Electrical Tomography to Identify Marsh/Lake at Kastrouli Late Mycenaean Settlement (Desfina, Greece)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods and Instrumentation
2.1. Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT)
2.2. GIS, DEM, and Thematic Maps
3. Results
3.1. ERT
3.2. Slopping via Thematic Maps, GIS, and DEM
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Liritzis, I.; Evelpidou, N.; Fikos, I.; Stambolidis, A.; Diamanti, N.; Roussari, T.; Tzouxanioti, M.; Louvaris, P.; Tsokas, G.N. Novel Combined Approach of GIS and Electrical Tomography to Identify Marsh/Lake at Kastrouli Late Mycenaean Settlement (Desfina, Greece). Quaternary 2022, 5, 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5020026
Liritzis I, Evelpidou N, Fikos I, Stambolidis A, Diamanti N, Roussari T, Tzouxanioti M, Louvaris P, Tsokas GN. Novel Combined Approach of GIS and Electrical Tomography to Identify Marsh/Lake at Kastrouli Late Mycenaean Settlement (Desfina, Greece). Quaternary. 2022; 5(2):26. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5020026
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiritzis, Ioannis, Niki Evelpidou, Ilias Fikos, Alexandros Stambolidis, Nectaria Diamanti, Theano Roussari, Maria Tzouxanioti, Prodromos Louvaris, and Gregorios N. Tsokas. 2022. "Novel Combined Approach of GIS and Electrical Tomography to Identify Marsh/Lake at Kastrouli Late Mycenaean Settlement (Desfina, Greece)" Quaternary 5, no. 2: 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5020026