Lithofacies and petrophysical properties of Portland Base Bed and Portland Whit Bed limestone as related to durability

Heron

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-229

  Dubelaar, C W ^a   Engering, S ^b   Van Hees, R P J ^a,c   Koch, R ^d   Lorenz, H G ^d  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Building Stone Consultant ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Base Bed; Building stone; Durability; Freeze thaw decay; Lithofacies; Mercury intrusion porosimetry; Microfacies; Microscopy; Portland limestone; Whit Bed

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POROSIMETERS; POROSITY; QUARRYING; SPECTROSCOPY; WEATHERING; X RAYS;

MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; PETROPHYSICS; PORTLAND LIMESTONE;

LIMESTONE;

EID: 2342533115     PISSN: 00467316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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