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A New Approach to Investigating Shipwreck Sites in Littoral Environments: Multi-Technique Geophysical Investigations of Port Elliot, South Australia

Figure 1. Map of 1856 illustrating the projected path along which Lapwing came ashore (SAAP 1856).

Group of disks found in the Swift site (scale in cm) (Courtesy of PROAS-INAPL, Buenos Aires, Argentina).

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Figure 2. Horseshoe Bay reconnaissance magnetometer map overlaid on an aerial photograph. Grid lines are easting and northing with a spacing interval of 50 m. (Map by authors).

Disk selected for metallurgical analysis (Photo by the authors, 2005).

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Figure 3. Port Elliot detailed magnetometer investigation map. Grid spacing is 10 m (Map by authors).

Both faces of the disk with side light (Photo by the authors, 2005).

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Figure 4. Detailed electromagnetic induction investigation map from data collected at the 18075 Hz frequency. The data are plotted as conductivity in Ec units showing no significant anomaly. Grid spacing is 10 m (Map by authors).

SEM image which shows the dendritic structure on the surface (Courtesy of the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial, Buenos Aires, Argentina).

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