Chemical - Mineralogical characterization of historical bricks from Ferrara: An integrated bulk and micro-analytical approach

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 257, Issue , 2006, Pages 127-140

  Bianchini, Gianluca ^a   Marrocchino, Elena ^a   Moretti, Alessandro ^a   Vaccaro, Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL TIME (HUMAN HISTORY); MICA; MINERALOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FERRARA; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646576534     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.257.01.10     Document Type: Article

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