Effect of acid rain on building material of the El Tajín archaeological zone in Veracruz, Mexico

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 655-660

  Bravo A , H ^a   Soto A , R ^a   Sosa E , R ^a   Sanchez A P ^a   Alarcon J A L ^a   Kahl, J ^b   Ruiz B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Calcium carbonate; Chemical dissolution mechanism; El Tajin; Experimental rainfall simulation chamber

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BUILDING MATERIALS; CALCITE; LIMESTONE; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION MECHANISM; EL TAJIN; EXPERIMENTAL RAINFALL SIMULATION CHAMBERS;

ACID RAIN;

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

ACID RAIN; CALCITE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; FELDSPAR; IONIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; NITRIC ACID; QUARTZ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACID RAIN; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; DENSITY; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; ION CONDUCTANCE; METEOROLOGY; MEXICO; PH; POROSITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACID RAIN; AIR MOVEMENTS; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ARCHAEOLOGY; BICARBONATES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEXICO; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; QUARTZ; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EL TAJIN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

EID: 33748626791     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.052     Document Type: Article

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