Soiling of limestone in an urban environment characterized by heavy vehicular exhaust emissions

Environmental Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 448-455

  Schiavon, Nick ^a   Chiavari, Giuseppe ^a   Fabbri, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cambridge; Exhaust emissions; Gypsum crusts; Limestone decay; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMESTONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; WEATHERING;

PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES; SOILING; URBAN ENVIRONMENT; WEATHERING PATINAS;

GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EXHAUST EMISSION; GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; WEATHERING;

EID: 4544381345     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1046-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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