Using a lysimeter study to assess the parameters responsible for oak wood decay from waterlogged burial environments and their implication for the in situ preservation of archaeological remains

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-49

  Smith, Robert ^a   Lillie, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lysimeters; Microbial degradation; Oak sapwood decay; Redox potential; Saturation

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DECAY (ORGANIC); DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WOOD;

AEROBIC; ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS; CONTROLLED LABORATORY; WATERLOGGED;

LYSIMETERS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LYSIMETER; OXIC CONDITIONS; PRESERVATION; REDOX POTENTIAL; REWETTING; SATURATION; WOOD;

MICROBIOLOGY; WOOD;

EID: 34249287986     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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