Surface change and decay of sandstone samples exposed to a polluted urban atmosphere over a six-year period: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Building and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 1205-1216

  Turkington, A V ^a   Martin, E ^b   Viles, H A ^b   Smith, B J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belfast; Exposure trial; Pollution; Sandstone; Stone decay; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECAY (ORGANIC); GYPSUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SURFACE CHANGES;

SANDSTONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SANDSTONE; URBAN POLLUTION; WEATHERING;

BELFAST; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041565350     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(03)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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