The influence of lithology and pore-size distribution on the durability of acid volcanic tuffs, Hungary

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 271, Issue , 2007, Pages 251-260

  Torok A ^a   Forgo L Z ^a   Vogt, T ^b   Lobens S ^b   Siegesmund, S ^b   Weiss, T ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; LITHOLOGY; TUFF; WEATHERING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EGER; EURASIA; EUROPE; HEVES; HUNGARY;

EID: 33947431349     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.271.01.24     Document Type: Article

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