Provenance of marbles from Naxos based on microstructural and geochemical characterization

Archaeometry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-228

  Ebert, A ^a   Gnos, E ^b   Ramseyer, K ^a   Spandler, C ^c   Fleitmann, D ^a   Bitzios, D ^d   Decrouez, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcite; Cathodoluminescence; Grain Size; Greece; Isotope Analysis; Marble; Microstructure; Naxos; Provenance; Second Phase

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALCITE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; MARBLE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROVENANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CYCLADAS; GREECE; NAXOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 77953894274     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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