Origin of honeycombs and related weathering forms in Oligocene Macigno Sandstone, Tuscan coast near Livorno, Italy

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 713-735

  McBride, Earle F ^a   Picard, M Dane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case hardening; Coastal weathering; Honeycomb weathering; Salt weathering; Sandstone weathering; Turing patterns

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPOSITION; IMPREGNATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERALOGY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; WEATHERING;

DIFFUSION CELLS; HONEYCOMB CELLS; MICROSCOPIC TEXTURE; SALT WEATHERING;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

OLIGOCENE; SANDSTONE; WEATHERING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 3042701341     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1065     Document Type: Article

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