Micromorphology, composition and origin of the orange patina on the marble surfaces of Propylaea (Acropolis, Athens)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 308, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 111-119

  Polikreti, Kyriaki ^a   Maniatis, Yannis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acropolis; Crust; Marble; Orange patina; Phosphatic patina

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISMS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ORANGE PATINA;

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CHLORIDE; HYDROXYAPATITE; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR;

MARBLE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; GREECE; MICROANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PATINA; PROPYLAEA;

EID: 0038637859     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00613-7     Document Type: Article

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