Patinas developed in environmental burial conditions: The Neolithic steles of Reguers de Seró (Lleida, Spain)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1287-1299

  Garcia Valles, Maite ^a   Aulinas, Meritxell ^a   López Melción, Joan B ^b   Moya Garra, Andreu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beige orange crust; Calcite; Gravestones; Gypsum; Weathering patinas

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; MINERAL;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; BIOACTIVITY; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; COLORIMETRY; EXCAVATION; FLY ASH; GYPSUM; ICONOGRAPHY; MINERAL ALTERATION; MONUMENT; NEOLITHIC; OUTCROP; PETROGRAPHY; ROCK VARNISH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WEATHERING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ART; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTORY; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL; SPAIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEATHER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CEMETERIES; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MINERALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; SCULPTURE; SOIL; SPAIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALONIA; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

PATINA; SPHERULES;

EID: 77954426234     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0308-0     Document Type: Article

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