Spatial patterns and causes of marble tombstone weathering in western Pennsylvania

Physical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-188

  Schreiber, Kathleen V ^a   Meierding, Thomas C ^b  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial air pollution; Marble tombstone; Pennsylvania; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MARBLE; MONUMENT; WEATHERING RATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033361067     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1999.10642675     Document Type: Article

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