An integrated approach to assess the origins of black films on a granite monument

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1677-1690

  de Oliveira, B Pereira ^a   de la Rosa, J M ^b   Miller, A Z ^c   Saiz Jimenez, C ^d   Gomez Bolea A ^e   Braga, M A Sequeira ^f   Dionisio A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Analytical pyrolysis; Biodeterioration; Black films; Granite; Oxalate patina

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PYROLYSIS; BIODETERIORATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLACK FILM; DERIVED MATERIALS; GRANITE BUILDINGS; HISTORIC BUILDINGS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; OXALATE PATINA; THIRD ORDER;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATOLOGY; PYROLYSIS;

GRANITE;

ALGA; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; BLACK CARBON; COLOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; GRANITE; HISTORIC BUILDING; LICHEN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY; MONUMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXALATE; PYROLYSIS; SAMPLING; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; PATINA;

EID: 79960236587     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0773-2     Document Type: Article

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