Accelerated weathering tests on two highly porous limestones

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 411-420

  Van, Thua Tri ^a   Beck, Kévin ^a   Al Mukhtar, Muzahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Limestones; Pore size distribution; Salt distribution; Soluble salts solution; Weathering tests

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DAMAGE DETECTION; EFFLORESCENCE; PORE SIZE; SALTS; WEATHERING;

IMBIBITION KINETICS; SALT DISTRIBUTION; SOLUBLE SALTS SOLUTIONS; WEATHERING TESTS;

LIMESTONE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; IMBIBITION; LIMESTONE; POROSITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTING METHOD; WEATHERING;

EID: 33847706877     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0532-6     Document Type: Article

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