Diagnosis of weathering damage on rock-cut monuments in Petra, Jordan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 643-675

  Heinrichs, Kurt ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damage diagnosis; Jordan; Rock monuments; Weathering damage; Weathering progression

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; DIAGNOSIS; EROSION; ROCKS; SOIL MECHANICS;

BED-ROCKS; COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATIONS; DAMAGE DIAGNOSIS; DAMAGE INDICES; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; IN SITU INVESTIGATIONS; IN-SITU; JORDAN; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; LABORATORY STUDIES; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATIONS; WEATHERING PROFILES; WORLD HERITAGES;

WEATHERING;

BUILDING STONE; MONUMENT; PETROGRAPHY; ROCK; WEATHERING;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MAAN; MIDDLE EAST; PETRA;

EID: 55849099676     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1358-1     Document Type: Article

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