Pollution Monitoring for Sea Salt Aerosols and Other Anionic Species at Hagar Qim Temples, Malta
A Pilot Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20499196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mario Galea (Heritage Malta), Roslyn DeBattista (Heritage Malta), Matthew Grima (0000-0002-2360-809X, Heritage Malta), Laura Maccarelli (0000-0001-7373-445X, Heritage Malta), Rosanne Borg (Heritage Malta), Charles Zerafa (Heritage Malta) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 315-326 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-5033 • E-ISSN: 1753-5522 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13505033.2016.1191890 |
| OpenAlex | W2507554499 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
The damaging effects of sea salt aerosols on Globigerina Limestone are well known, and various professionals have studied and reported on the often complex underlying deterioration mechanisms. Following a preventive conservation project, undertaken to shelter and protect the UNESCO World Heritage Neolithic temple sites of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra, the Preventive Conservation Unit within the Diagnostic Science Laboratory at Heritage Malta embarked on a pilot study to identify whether sea salt aerosol deposition patterns within the site alter significantly post sheltering. The results from this short pilot study, by identifying the presence of salts using ion chromatography, have shown that there is a consistent pattern that when directly linked to the intrinsic shape of the temple interior as well as to the micro-environmental factors that are changing as a direct result to the sheltering, point to the trends of greater pollutant accumulation, particularly dust
Aerosol · Archaeology · Environmental protection · Geography · Meteorology · Pollutant · Sea salt · Tourism · World heritage · Building materials and conservation · Chemistry · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Environmental Science · Ecology · Environmental Chemistry · Pollution
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |