Changing patterns of soiling and microbial growth on building stone in Oxford, England after implementation of a major traffic scheme

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 203-211

  Thornbush, M ^a   Viles, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bath limestone; Fungi; Microorganisms; Oxford Transport Strategy; SEM; Soiling

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; LIMESTONE; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

BATH LIMESTONE; OXFORD TRANSPORT STRATEGY; SOILING; SOILING MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

LIMESTONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FUNGUS; LIMESTONE; SOIL DYNAMICS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; MICROBIAL GROWTH; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENGLAND; URBANIZATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORD; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745996761     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.11.022     Document Type: Article

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