Mineralogical and physical characterization of the bricks used in the construction of the "Triangul Bastion", Riga (Latvia)

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 297-308

  Cultrone, Giuseppe ^a   Sidraba, Inese ^b   Sebastián, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Colour of bricks; Decay and conservation; Mineralogy; Physical characterization; Solid bricks; Triangul Bastion Riga (Latvia)

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARACTERIZATION; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POROSIMETERS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITRIFICATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BASTIONS; CULTURAL HERITAGE; SECONDARY BUBBLES; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENTS;

BRICK CONSTRUCTION;

CLAY MINERAL; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

BALTIC STATES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; RIGA; WORLD;

EID: 11044222202     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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