Origin and growth of weathering crusts on ancient marbles in industrial atmosphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 967-982

  Moropoulou, A ^a   Bisbikou, K ^a   Torfs, K ^b   Van Grieken, R ^b   Zezza, F ^c   MacRi, F ^c  

^a Mat Sci Eng Sector Natl T ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Black crusts; Cementitious encrustations; Environment material interactions; Marble weathering; Patinas

Indexed keywords

BLACK CRUSTS; ENVIRONMENT MATERIAL INTERACTIONS; PATINAS;

AIR POLLUTION; FLY ASH; GYPSUM; MARBLE; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON; COPPER; IRON; RAIN; SILICON; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; CRUST; MARBLE; WEATHERING;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; FLY ASH; GREECE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GREECE, ELEUSIS;

EID: 0032030241     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00129-5     Document Type: Article

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