Mineral phases on corroded archaeological bronze artefacts excavated in Sweden

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 6, 1998, Pages 265-277

  Nord, Anders G ^a   Mattsson, Einar ^b   Tronner, Kate ^a  

^a National Heritage Board   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bronze artefacts; Corrosion products; Soil chemistry; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032375583     PISSN: 00283649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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