Weathering of serpentine stone buildings in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, region: A geographic approach related to acidic deposition

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 390, Issue , 2005, Pages 17-25

  Meierding, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Acid precipitation; Aspect; Groundwater wicking; Pennsylvania; Pit depth; Quantification; Repair; Rock properties; Serpentine; Stone replacement; Surface recession; Urban rural differences; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BUILDINGS; DEPOSITION; GROUNDWATER; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REPAIR; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID PRECIPITATION; ASPECT; PENNSYLVANIA; PIT DEPTHS; QUANTIFICATION; ROCK PROPERTIES; STONE REPLACEMENT; SURFACE RECESSION; URBAN-RURAL; WICKING;

WEATHERING;

ACID DEPOSITION; BUILDING; GROUNDWATER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; REPAIR; ROCK; SERPENTINE; WEATHERING;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947360478     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2390-6.17     Document Type: Article

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