Surface strength and mineralogy of weathering crusts on limestone buildings in Budapest

Building and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 1185-1192

  Török, Ákos ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Black crust; Limestone; Mineralogy; Schmidt hammer; Weathering; White crust

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRUST FORMATION;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING STONE; LIMESTONE; STRENGTH; WEATHERING;

BUDAPEST; HUNGARY;

EID: 0042567463     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(03)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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