Biodeterioration of the Lions Fountain at the Alhambra Palace, Granada (Spain)

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1811-1820

  Sarró, M Isabel ^a,b   García, Ana M ^a   Rivalta, Víctor M ^a   Moreno, Diego A ^a   Arroyo, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Instituto del Patrimonio Histórico Español   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodeterioration; Fountain; Marble; Work of art

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DETERIORATION; MARBLE; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; WATER; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BIODETERIORATION; BIOFOULING; ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAINS; STONE WORKS;

FOUNTAINS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DETERIORATION; FOUNTAINS; MARBLE; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; WATER; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFOULING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; MARBLE; MICROORGANISM; ROCK ART; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 33746196791     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.07.029     Document Type: Article

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