Mid-Pleistocene pozzolanic volcanic ash in ancient Roman concretes

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-74

  Jackson, Marie ^a   Deocampo, Daniel ^b   Marra, Fabrizio ^c   Scheetz, Barry ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; CEMENT (CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL); CONCRETE; IMPERIALISM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MONUMENT; MORTAR; PLEISTOCENE; POTASSIUM; ROMAN ERA; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 72549088521     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20295     Document Type: Article

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