The orange-brown patina of Salisbury Cathedral (West Porch) surfaces: Evidence of its man-made origin

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 285-289

  Martín Gil, Jesus ^a   Martín Gil, Francisco Javier ^a,b   Ramos Sánchez, Maria Del Carmen ^b   Martín Ramos, Pablo ^a  

^a ETSIIAA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ATD FTIR; Bone; Oxalates; Patina; Phosphates; Salisbury cathedral; Stone; Sulphates; XRD and XRF

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

MARBLE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PIGMENTATION; SPAIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MATERIALS TESTING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PIGMENTATION; SPAIN; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; PATINA;

EID: 24944483051     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2005.05.257     Document Type: Article

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