The weathering of stones due to dissolution

Environmental Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 305-310

  Hoke, G D ^a   Turcotte, D L ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage; Dissolution; Gravestones; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROCRACKS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DIFFUSION EQUATION; SURFACE DISSOLUTION;

WEATHERING;

BUILDING STONE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; MARBLE;

EID: 4544229962     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1033-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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