The Cathedral of S. Giorgio in Ragusa Ibla (Italy): Characterization of construction materials and their chromatic alteration

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 499-504

  Barone, Germana ^a   La Russa, Mauro Francesco ^a   Lo Giudice, Antonino ^a   Mazzoleni, Paolo ^a   Pezzino, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromatic alternation; Construction materials; FT IR; Italy; Ragusa Ibla

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORTAR; OXIDATION; RAW MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFATE MINERALS;

ACCELERATED AGEING; COMPLEX MECHANISMS; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; NATURAL STONES; PHOTO OXIDATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM); THIN SECTIONS;

PLASTER;

CHROMATE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; HISTORIC BUILDING; MONUMENT; PHOTOOXIDATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; RAGUSA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

IBLA;

EID: 48249098334     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0995-0     Document Type: Article

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