Effect of soil parameters on the corrosion of archaeological metal finds

Geoderma

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 63-80

  Gerwin, Werner ^a   Baumhauer, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Artefacts; Corrosion; Iron; Soil acidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034068432     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(00)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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