Some aspects of biological weathering and air pollution

The Effects of Air Pollution on Cultural Heritage

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 127-145

  Krumbein, Wolfgang ^a   Gorbushina, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 79957793770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-84893-8_5     Document Type: Chapter

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