Water transfer and decay of granitic stones in monuments

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 323, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 397-402

  Alves, Carlos ^a,b   Amelia, Maria ^a,b   Braga, Sequeira ^a,b   Hammecker, Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b ORSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary transfer; Environment; Free porosity; Granites; Porosity structures; Stone decay; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STONE; CAPILLARY IMBIBITION; GRANITE; POROSITY; SALT; WEATHERING;

PORTUGAL, BRAGA;

EID: 0030460483     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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