Clay swelling mechanism in clay-bearing sandstones

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 529-534

  Wangler, Timothy ^a   Scherer, George W ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Building deterioration; Geomorphology; Stone decay

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DETERIORATION; DEWATERING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SANDSTONE;

BUILDING STONES; CLAY SWELLINGS; DRYING CYCLES; OSMOTIC SWELLINGS; PORTLAND; PRETREATMENTS; STONE DECAY; SWELLING BEHAVIORS; SWELLING CLAYS; SWELLING PROCESSES;

CLAY MINERALS;

BUILDING STONE; CATION; CLAY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SOLVENT; WETTING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 55849151359     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1380-3     Document Type: Article

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