Detection of ancient marble forgery: Techniques and limitations

Archaeometry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 603-619

  Polikreti, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Authenticity; EPR; Forgery; Marble; Provenance; SEM; Stable isotopes; Thermoluminescence(TL); Ultraviolet flourescence

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE; MARBLE; PROVENANCE TRIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

PATINA;

EID: 35648940223     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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