Weathering processes on the rock surface in natural outcrops: The case of an ancient marble quarry (Belevi, Turkey)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 889-897

  Garcia Valles M ^a   Urzi C ^b   Vendrell Saz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Marble weathering; New minerals; Outcrops; Patina

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; MARBLE; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALOGY; PITTING; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WEATHERING;

MICROBIAL COLONIZATIONS;

ROCKS;

BIODEGRADATION; MARBLE; MINERAL ALTERATION; QUARRY; ROCK VARNISH; WEATHERING;

BELEVI; TURKEY;

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PATINA;

EID: 0346035949     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-001-0466-y     Document Type: Article

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