Mineralogical, geochemical and microfabric evidences of gypsum crusts: A case study from Budapest

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 385-397

  Siegesmund, Siegfried ^a   Török, Akos ^b   Hüpers, Andre ^a   Müller, Christian ^a   Klemm, Werner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Geochemistry; Gypsum; Limestone; Weathering crust

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PETROGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

CRUST COVERS; DAMAGE CATEGORIES; PARTICULATE POLLUTION; WEATHERING CRUST;

GYPSUM;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GYPSUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEATHERING;

BUDAPEST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 33847749425     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0588-3     Document Type: Article

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