Determination of damage thresholds to prevent side effects in laser cleaning of pliocene sandstone of Siena

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Siano, Salvatore ^a   Fabiani, Francesca ^a   Pini, Roberto ^a   Salimbeni, Renzo ^a   Giamello, Marco ^b   Sabatini, Giuseppe ^b  

^a Istituto di Elettronica Quantistica   (Italy)

^b Ist Geochimica Ambientale CPCL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laser cleaning; Pliocene sandstone; Siena lithotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034239024     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2074(00)00194-1     Document Type: Article

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