Anthropogenic origin of salt crusts on sandstone sculptures of Prague's Charles Bridge (Czech Republic): Evidence of mineralogy and stable isotope geochemistry

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 609-618

  Přikryl, Richard ^a   Svobodová, Jiřina ^b   Žák, Karel ^c   Hradil, David ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Akademie vytvarnych umeni v Praze   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Restoration conservation; Sandstones; Stable isotope study; Sulphate crusts; XRD study

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; RESTORATION; SANDSTONE; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONSERVATION TREATMENT; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STONE COMPOSITION; SULPHATES; XRD STUDIES;

WEATHERING;

CRUST; HISTORIC BUILDING; MINERALOGY; SALT; SANDSTONE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; PRAGUE;

EID: 3242883573     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2004/0016-0609     Document Type: Article

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