Defibration of wood in the expedition huts of Antarctica: An unusual deterioration process occurring in the polar environment

Polar Record

Volumn 38, Issue 207, 2002, Pages 313-322

  Blanchette, Robert A ^a   Held, Benjamin W ^a   Farrell, Roberta L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

HISTORIC BUILDING; PRESERVATION;

EID: 0036790499     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247400018003     Document Type: Article

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6. Plant tissue and soil extract analyses by ICP-AES
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8. Micromorphology of spruce timber after long-term service in a potash store house
9. Defibring of roof timbers