Chemical and mineralogical characterisation of weathered historical bricks from the Venice lagoonal environment

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 767-775

  Schiavon, Nick ^a   Mazzocchin, Gian Antonio ^a   Baudo, Fulvio ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altinella brick; Historical bricks; Salt weathering; Venice Lagoon

Indexed keywords

BRICK; BUILDING MATERIALS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; EROSION; EXCAVATION; GYPSUM; LAKES; MINERALS; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

ALTINELLA BRICK; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS; BULK SAMPLES; CHARACTERISATION; CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCES; FIRING TEMPERATURES; GEOMETRICAL DIMENSIONS; HIGH TIDES; HISTORICAL BRICKS; HISTORICAL CHANGES; MIRABILITE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCES; SALT WEATHERINGS; STRUCTURAL SOUNDNESSES; SULPHATES; VENICE LAGOON;

BRICKMAKING;

BUILDING STONE; LAGOON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 55849145103     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1481-z     Document Type: Article

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