Discovering the stone heritage of southern Italy: Technical properties of the Mondragone marble from Campania region

Environmental Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 266-276

  De Gennaro, Roberto ^a   Calcaterra, Domenico ^a   Di Girolamo, Pio ^a   Langella, Alessio ^b   De' Gennaro, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campania region; Italy; Laboratory tests; Mondragone marble; Physico mechanical properties; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TEXTURES;

CARBONATE ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

BUILDING STONE; HISTORIC BUILDING; MARBLE; MINERALOGY; ROCK MECHANICS;

ITALY;

EID: 0038306343     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0751-4     Document Type: Article

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