Geoscience of the built environment: Pollutants and materials surfaces

Geosciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-43

  Alves, Carlos ^a   Sanjurjo Sánchez, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alteration; Built environment; Environmental studies; Pollution monitoring; Stony materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884558149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences1010026     Document Type: Article

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