Sandstone response to salt weathering following simulated fire damage: A comparison of the effects of furnace heating and fire

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1874-1883

  McCabe, Stephen ^a   Smith, B J ^a   Warke, P A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire; Furnace; Sandstone; Simulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; HEATING; HEATING FURNACES; WEATHERING;

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SALT WEATHERING;

SANDSTONE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; HEATING; HEATING FURNACES; SANDSTONE; WEATHERING;

FIRE; HEATING; SALT; SANDSTONE; SIMULATION; STRESS; WEATHERING;

EID: 35748939433     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1503     Document Type: Article

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