Characterization of indoor and outdoor atmospheric pollutants impacting architectural monuments: The case of San Jerónimo Monastery (Granada, Spain)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1433-1445

  Kontozova Deutsch, Velichka ^a   Cardell, Carolina ^b   Urosevic, Maja ^b   Ruiz Agudo, Encarnación ^b   Deutsch, Felix ^c   Van Grieken, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Architectural monument; Atmospheric aerosols; EPMA; Preventive conservation; SEM EDX; TEM

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SAMPLES; ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; BLACK CARBON; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; FEEDBACK PROCESS; GAS CONCENTRATION; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; INDOOR PARTICLES; MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION; RE-SUSPENSION; SALT AEROSOLS; SEM-EDX; SINGLE PARTICLE; SOIL DUST; SOUTHERN SPAIN; TEM ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; ALUMINOSILICATES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AMORPHOUS CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ELECTRON TUBES; FOG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; QUARTZ; SALTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DUST; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; INDOOR AIR; MINERALOGY; MONUMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PIGMENT; RESUSPENSION; SALT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 79960273557     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0657-5     Document Type: Article

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