Building materials as intrinsic sources of sulphate: A hidden face of salt weathering of historical monuments investigated through multi-isotope tracing (B, O, S)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1658-1669

  Kloppmann, W ^a   Bromblet, P ^b   Vallet, J M ^b   Verges Belmin V ^c   Rolland, O ^d   Guerrot, C ^a   Gosselin, C ^a,c  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b CICRP   (France)

^c LRMH   (France)

^d Independent restorer   (France)

Author keywords

Boron; Cultural heritage; Isotope fingerprinting; Oxygen; Stone degradation; Sulphate; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CRUSTS; BORON ISOTOPES; BUILDING STONE; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CULTURAL HERITAGES; DEGRADATION FACTOR; DISCRIMINATORY POWER; EVAPORITES; GYPSUM PLASTERS; HISTORICAL MONUMENTS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; ISOTOPE TRACING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAJOR FACTORS; MARINE COMPONENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PARIS BASIN; PYRITE OXIDATION; RESTORATION MATERIALS; SALT WEATHERING; STONE DEGRADATION; STONE MONUMENTS; SULPHATES; SULPHUR;

AIR POLLUTION; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; BUILDING MATERIALS; COAL COMBUSTION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; GYPSUM; ISOTOPES; MARINE POLLUTION; MORTAR; OXYGEN; SULFUR; WEATHERING;

PLASTER;

BORON; CALCIUM SULFATE; COAL; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; PYRITE; SULFATE;

BORON ISOTOPE; BUILDING STONE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CULTURAL HERITAGE; GYPSUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONUMENT; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; DEGRADATION; ISOTOPE TRACING; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEATHERING;

ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; CALCIUM SULFATE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; SALTS; SULFATES; WEATHER;

EID: 79952005821     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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