The staining of blue stone limestones petrographically unraveled

Materials Characterization

Volumn 58, Issue 11-12 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1070-1081

  Dreesen, Roland ^a   Nielsen, Peter ^a   Lagrou, David ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbonate building stones; Micro analysis; Optical microscopy; Staining

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PETROGRAPHY; PYRITES; WEATHERING;

BLUE STONE LIMESTONES; LOWER CARBONIFEROUS CRINOIDAL LIMESTONES; PARTIALLY DEDOLOMITIZED DOLOMITE; POLISHED SLABS;

LIMESTONE;

EID: 35148812222     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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