Determination of the composition and the origin of the ochre brown patina on the monumental Bab Agnaou gate (Marrakech, Morocco)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1283-1288

  Benzzi, K ^a   Tanouti, B ^a   Bouabdelli, M ^a   Alvarez, A ^b   Brianso, J L ^b   Cherradi, F ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Délégation du Ministère de la Culture   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bab Agnaou; Calcium oxalate; Mortar; Ochre brown patina

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MORTAR; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RESTORATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BAB AGNAOU; CALCIUM OXALATE; GRAZING INCIDENCE X RAY DIFFRACTION; OCHRE BROWN PATINA;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COATING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MONUMENT; OPTICAL METHOD;

AFRICA; MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

PATINA;

EID: 38049034464     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0726-6     Document Type: Article

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