San Francisco Monastery, Quito, Equador: Characterisation of building materials, damage assessment and conservation considerations

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-108

  Moropoulou, Antonia ^a   Polikreti, Kyriaki ^a   Ruf, Veronica ^b   Deodatis, George ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Adobe; Andesite; Brick; Conservation; Microscopy; Mortar; Patina; Porosimetry; Quito; San Francisco Monastery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042415558     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2074(03)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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