X-ray sub-micron tomography as a tool for the study of archaeological wood preserved through the corrosion of metal objects

Archaeometry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 893-905

  Haneca, K ^a   Deforce, K ^a   Boone, M N ^b   Van Loo, D ^b   Dierick, M ^b   Van Acker, J ^b   Van Den Bulcke, J ^b  

^a Flanders Heritage Agency   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Metal corrosion; Mineralization; Wood identification; X Ray Tomography

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CORROSION; METAL; MINERALIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY; WOOD;

EID: 84866298802     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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