Dama de Elche: Pigments, surface coating and stone of the sculpture

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 38, Issue 277, 2005, Pages 419-424

  Luxan M P ^a   Prada, J L ^b   Dorrego, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

^b Escola Superior de Conservació i Restauració de Bens Culturals de Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COATINGS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIMESTONE; MICROANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS;

ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; HEXAGONAL SYSTEMS; MERCURY SULFIDE; SECONDARY EMISSION IMAGING (SEI);

SURFACES;

EID: 17644362315     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/14145     Document Type: Article

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