Atmospheric deposition as decay factor for the demeter sanctuary ruins in the industrial atmosphere of eleusis, greece

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1039-1047

  Moropoulou, A ^a   Bisbikou, K ^a   Torfs, K ^b   Van Grieken, R ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Environment; Stone decay

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; DEPOSITION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HISTORICAL MONUMENTS; STONE DECAY; UNDERLYING ROCKS;

WEATHERING;

ACTIVATED CARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; HISTORIC BUILDING; MONUMENT; WEATHERING;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

DEMETER SANCTUARY; ELEUSIS; GREECE;

EID: 0031725582     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331908616761     Document Type: Article

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