Reburial and analyses of archaeological remains in the marine environment - Investigations into the effects on metals

Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites

Volumn 14, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 35-47

  Richards, Vicki ^a   Gregory, David ^b   MacLeod, Ian ^a   Matthiesen, Henning ^b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b In Situ Group   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corrosion; In situ preservation; Marine environment; Metals; Reburial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873925447     PISSN: 13505033     EISSN: 17535522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1350503312Z.0000000004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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