Influence of surface heterogeneities of building granite on its thermal response and its potential for the generation of thermoclasty

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 547-560

  Gómez Heras, Miguel ^a,b   Smith, Bernard J ^a   Fort, Rafael ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Insolation weathering; Short term temperature variations; Stone decay; Stone temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; GRANITE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPALLING; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRACE ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

20TH CENTURIES; BUILDING STONES; INSOLATION WEATHERING; IRREVERSIBLE DEFORMATIONS; RAPID TEMPERATURES; SHORT-TERM TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STONE DECAY; STONE DECAYS; STONE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CYCLING; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; THERMAL RESPONSES;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BUILDING STONE; DEFORMATION; GRANITE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

CALLITHRIX;

EID: 55849103244     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1356-3     Document Type: Article

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