Effect of long-term changes in air pollution and climate on the decay and blackening of European stone buildings

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 271, Issue , 2007, Pages 117-130

  Grossi, C M ^a   Brimblecombe, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING STONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HISTORIC BUILDING; POLLUTION EFFECT; WEATHERING;

EID: 33947433583     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.271.01.13     Document Type: Review

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