Kaolinisation of granite in an urban environment

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 333-341

  Schiavon, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feldspar; Granite; Kaolinite; Sulphur dioxide; Urban environment; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FELDSPAR; KAOLINITE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEATHERING;

GRANITIC ROCKS; KAOLINISATION; SILICATE ROCKS; URBAN ENVIRONMENT;

GRANITE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; KAOLINITE; MONUMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN AREA; WEATHERING;

EID: 33847739299     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0473-0     Document Type: Article

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