Field and laboratory approaches to limestone weathering

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 4 pt 4, 1998, Pages 333-341

  Trudgill, S T ^a   Viles, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Laboratory studies; Limestone; Weathering

Indexed keywords

FIELD TESTS; LIMESTONE WEATHERING;

BIODEGRADATION; EROSION; WEATHERING;

LIMESTONE;

FIELD METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; LIMESTONE; WEATHERING; WETTING;

EID: 0032215946     PISSN: 04812085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1998.031.P4.06     Document Type: Article

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