Overview of recent knowledge of patinas on stone monuments: The Spanish experience

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 271, Issue , 2007, Pages 295-307

  Vazquez Calvo, Carmen ^a   Alvarez de Buergo, M ^a   Fort, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; MINERALOGY; MONUMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PATINA;

EID: 33947398750     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.271.01.28     Document Type: Review

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