Dating study of two rock crystal carvings by surface microtopography and by ion beam analyses of hydrogen

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 871-878

  Calligaro, T ^a   Coquinot, Y ^a   Reiche, I ^a   Castaing, J ^a   Salomon, J ^a   Ferrand, G ^b   Le Fur, Y ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Musée du quai Branly Jacques Chirac   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; HYDROGEN; INERT GASES; ION BEAMS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OXIDE MINERALS; PERMEATION; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

19TH CENTURIES; ANALYTICAL METHODS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS; DEEP PENETRATIONS; DEPTH PROFILES; EXTERNAL BEAMS; HELIUM ATMOSPHERES; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ION BEAM ANALYSIS; MANUAL TECHNIQUES; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE; PARIS , FRANCE; ROCK CRYSTALS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEM; SEM IMAGING; SURFACE MICROTOPOGRAPHY;

SURFACES;

EID: 59749095013     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-008-5018-9     Document Type: Article

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