Oolitic limestone in a polluted atmospheric environment in Budapest: Weathering phenomena and alterations in physical properties

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 205, Issue , 2002, Pages 363-379

  Török, Ákos ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING STONE; GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WEATHERING;

HUNGARY;

EID: 0036999931     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.205.01.26     Document Type: Article

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