Dilation of building materials submitted to frost action

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 271, Issue , 2007, Pages 167-177

  Thomachot, Celine ^a   Matsuoka, N ^b  

^a Centre de Recherches en Environnement et Agronomie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BUILDING STONE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DILATION; FROST; WEATHERING;

EID: 33947391265     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.271.01.17     Document Type: Article

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