Detection of final-Neolithic cultural layers using GPR (Ground PenetratingRadar) under the actual level of Lake Chalain (France)

Authors
Dabas, M Camerlynck, C Bossuet, G Petrequin, P Bailly, M
Citation
M. Dabas et al., Detection of final-Neolithic cultural layers using GPR (Ground PenetratingRadar) under the actual level of Lake Chalain (France), CR AC S IIA, 328(8), 1999, pp. 509-514
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
ISSN journal
12518050 → ACNP
Volume
328
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
509 - 514
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(199904)328:8<509:DOFCLU>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Several GPR profiles are carried out on Lake Chalain (Jura) in order to det ect several anthropic layers dating from Middle Neolithic rimes. The geomet ry of the sedimentary deposits is imaged by several GPR reflectors. Several auger borings allow the GPR reflectors to be correlated with anthropic lev els (strata interleafed within lacustrine chalk). In particular, the oldest and finest (5 cm) level (of Horgen culture from the 32nd century BC) is de tected. This experiment proves that it is possible to characterize the 3-di mensional geometry of die deposits from Lake Chalain built up in Middle Neo lithic times. ((C) Academie des sciences / Elsevier, Paris.).