Weathering at high latitudes on the Carboniferous Old Red Sandstone, petrographic and geotechnical investigations, Jedburgh Abbey Church, Scotland, a case study

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 482-492

  Kamh, G M E ^a  

^a Menoufia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBONATES; CLAY; FLUORESCENCE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HYDRATION; LIME; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; TEXTURES;

AUTHEGENIC CLAYS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; WEATHERING PROCESS;

WEATHERING;

BUILDING STONE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; OLD RED SANDSTONE; PETROLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 14644412915     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1168-z     Document Type: Article

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