The thermal responses of rock art pigments: Implications for rock art weathering in southern Africa

Geomorphology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 132-145

  Hall, Kevin ^a   Meiklejohn, Ian ^a   Arocena, Joselito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infrared thermometry; Pigment temperatures; Rock art; Thermal stresses; Weathering

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; ROCK ART; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548304553     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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