La limpieza química controlada en la restauración paleontológicael uso de geles

  1. Fátima Marcos-Fernández 1
  2. Elena Fernández Fernández 1
  3. Javier Fernández Martínez 1
  4. Irene Martínez Fernández 1
  5. Marta Plaza Beltrán 2
  6. Francisco Ortega 1
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Journal:
Zubía

ISSN: 0213-4306

Year of publication: 2019

Issue Title: Paleontología ibérica : nuevas tendencias y perspectivas

Issue: 31

Pages: 343-348

Type: Article

More publications in: Zubía

Abstract

Fossil remains can be composed of a great disparity of materials that present specific conservation problems. In addition, these remains can be partially or totally included in rocks of different lithology. The elimination of this matrix is usually needed in order to facilitate the access to the surface of fossils and to enable their study or to ensure their conservation. Access to fossil remains is done through reliable treatments that allow the removal of the matrix that encompasses them and that do not compromise the stability of specimens. The use of cleaning techniques based on the use of gelled solutions can be a useful for some of the treatments in which the use of traditional techniques can compromise the conservation of fossils.