ESR Spectroscopy as a Tool for Identifying Joining Fragments of Antique Marbles: The Example of a Pulpit by Donatello and Michelozzo

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 322-329

  Attanasio, Donato ^a   Platania, Rosario ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

ESR; Fragments assembly; Marbles; Provenance; Variance

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ART; ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HISTORY; ITALY; METHODOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; ITALY; SCULPTURE;

EID: 0034204473     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.2000.2073     Document Type: Article

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