Salt weathering in dual-porosity building dolostones

Engineering Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 215-226

  Benavente, D ^a,b   Martinez Martinez J ^a,b   Cueto, N ^a,b   Garcia del Cura M A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Unidad Asociada CSIC UA   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brecciated dolostone; Building stone; Dual porosity; Durability; Petrophysical properties; Rock fabric

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DURABILITY; HARDNESS TESTING; PORE STRUCTURE; POROSITY; SALTS; WEATHERING;

BRECCIATED DOLOSTONE; FISSURE DENSITY; KNOOP HARDNESS TEST; WATER SATURATION COEFFICIENT;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

BUILDING STONE; DOLOSTONE; DUAL POROSITY; DURABILITY; PETROFABRIC; WEATHERING;

EID: 35248843532     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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