Coloured mineral coatings on monument surfaces as a result of biomineralization: The case of the Tarragona cathedral (Catalonia)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-266

  Garcia Vallès, Maite ^a   Vendrell Saz, Mario ^a   Krumbein, Wolfgang E ^b   Urzì, Clara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BUILDING STONE; LIMESTONE; MARBLE; MINERAL COATING; ORGANIC PIGMENT;

SPAIN, CATALONIA, TARAGONA;

EID: 0030738786     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(96)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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