Carbon in black crusts from the Tower of London

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4199-4204

  Bonazza, Alessandra ^a   Brimblecombe, Peter ^b   Grossi, Carlota M ^b   Sabbioni, Cristina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GYPSUM; SOLUBILITY;

GYPSUM CRUSTS; ORGANIC RICH CRUSTS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; CHLORIDE; FORMIC ACID; OXALIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GYPSUM; ORGANIC CARBON; SOLUBILITY;

BUILDING STONE; CARBON; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; HISTORIC BUILDING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOLUBILITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BUILDING MATERIAL; ESTHETICS; MORPHOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; STRATIGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACETATES; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; FORMATES; LONDON; OXALATES; SOOT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250795657     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062417w     Document Type: Article

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