Wetting and drying of masonry walls: 2D-resistivity monitoring of driving rain experiments on historic stonework in Oxford, UK

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-83

  Sass, O ^a   Viles, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D resistivity; Moisture; Stonework; Weathering

Indexed keywords

2D-RESISTIVITY; BEFORE AND AFTER; BLACK CRUSTS; DRIVING RAIN; DRY-OUT; MASONRY WALLS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NON-INVASIVE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; RESISTIVITY SURVEYS; RESISTIVITY VALUES; SIMULATED DRIVING; SIMULATED RAINFALL; STONE BLOCKS; WATER UPTAKE;

DETERIORATION; DEWATERING; FEEDBACK; FLOW OF WATER; FORESTRY; GYPSUM; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING; WETTING;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BUILDING STONE; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MASONRY; MOISTURE; RAINFALL; WALL; WEATHERING;

ENGLAND; OXFORD; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 74149083161     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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