Sulfur and iron speciation in recently recovered timbers of the Mary Rose revealed via X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1317-1328

  Wetherall, K M ^a   Moss, R M ^a   Jones, A M ^b   Smith, A D ^c   Skinner, T ^d   Pickup, D M ^a   Goatham, S W ^a   Chadwick, A V ^a   Newport, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b HM Naval Base   (United Kingdom)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron; Marine timber conservation; Mary Rose; Sulfur; XANES

Indexed keywords

IRON; JAROSITE; MAGNETITE; OXIDATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR; TIMBER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 40749093959     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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