The effects of wetting and drying, and marine salt crystallization on calcarenite rocks used as building material in historic monuments

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 271, Issue , 2007, Pages 179-188

  Andriani, G F ^a   Walsh, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STONE; CALCARENITE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; HISTORIC BUILDING; IMBIBITION; MONUMENT; ROCK PROPERTY; SALT; WEATHERING; WETTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947425958     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.271.01.18     Document Type: Article

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