Mineralogical, petrographic and geochemical characterisation of white and coloured Iberian marbles in the context of the provenancing of some artifacts from Thamusida (Kenitra, Morocco)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 857-869

  Origlia, Francesca ^a   Gliozzo, Elisabetta ^a   Meccheri, Marco ^a   Spangenberg, Jorge E ^b   Memmi, Isabella Turbanti ^a   Papi, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes; Marbles; Mineralogy; Petrography; Spain Portugal; Thamusida

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; QUARRIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS; DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETER; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION; MINERALS COMPOSITION; OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; PORTUGAL; THAMUSIDA;

MARBLE;

ANTICLINE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE GROUP; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARBLE; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

GHARB-CHRARDA-BENI HSSEN; KENITRA; MOROCCO; PORTUGAL; RABAT-SALE-ZEMMOUR-ZAER; SPAIN; THAMUSIDA;

EID: 84855462003     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2145     Document Type: Article

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