Use of portable X-ray fluorescence for monitoring elemental concentrations in surface units on roadside stone at Worcester College, Oxford

Proceedings of the International Conference on Heritage, Weathering and Conservation, HWC 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 613-619

  Thornbush, M J ^a   Viles, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY WALLS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; METAL COMBUSTION; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PB CONCENTRATION; PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE UNITS; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; WALL SURFACES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORESCENCE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; ROADSIDES; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

EID: 49249114778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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