Weathering traces in ancient bricks from historic buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 929-941

  Lopez Arce, Paula ^a   Garcia Guinea, J ^b  

^a Asociacion Para La Investigacion y El Desarrollo Industrial de Los Recursos Naturales   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bricks; Heritage; Historical buildings; Physical, chemical and biological weathering

Indexed keywords

BRICK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINERALOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BURIAL ENVIRONMENTS; CALCAREOUS CEMENTATION; HISTORIC BUILDINGS;

BUILDINGS;

HERITAGE CONSERVATION; HISTORIC BUILDING; WEATHERING;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TOLEDO [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; WORLD;

ROMAN;

EID: 14844292173     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.08.027     Document Type: Article

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