¹³C, ²⁵Mg, and ⁴³Ca Solid-State NMR for the Purpose of Dolomitic Marbles Provenance Elucidation.

ABSTRACT: The study of the provenance of dolomitic marble artefacts has become relevant since it was discovered that quarries of this marble other than that of Cape-Vathy located on the island of Thasos have been exploited since Antiquity. To improve our knowledge about the provenance of materials and the extent of their dispersion, multiple archaeometric studies were performed in the past including isotope analyses, petrography, cathodoluminescence, and elemental analyses. In the present work, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been added to this panel of techniques. NMR allows the characterization of the material at a molecular level by looking at different nuclei: carbon, magnesium, and calcium. Statistical analysis of the data collected on both quarry samples and archa

SUBMITTER: Pianet I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9960183 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature