Weathering damage on Pharaonic sandstone monuments in Luxor-Egypt

Building and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 1089-1103

  Fitzner, Bernd ^a   Heinrichs, Kurt ^a   La Bouchardiere, Dennis ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damage index; Gebel el Silsila sandstones; Karnak Temple; Monument mapping; Pharaonic monuments; Weathering forms

Indexed keywords

PETROGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; WEATHERING;

MONUMENT PRESERVATION;

BUILDINGS;

MONUMENT; SANDSTONE; WEATHERING;

EGYPT;

EID: 0043068265     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(03)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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