Influence of air pollution and humidity on limestone materials degradation in historical buildings located in cities under tropical coastal climates

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 205, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 359-375

  Corvo, F ^a,b   Reyes, J ^b   Valdes, C ^c   Villasenor F ^b   Cuesta, O ^d   Aguilar, D ^e   Quintana, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^c NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

^d Instituto de Meteorologia de la Republica de Cuba   (Cuba)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Black crust; Calcium carbonate; Humidity; Limestone; Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIODEGRADATION; BUILDING MATERIALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DEGRADATION; LIME; LIMESTONE; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEGRADATION; BLACK CRUSTS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; HISTORICAL BUILDINGS; MATERIALS DEGRADATION; MULTIPOLLUTANT SITUATIONS; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CHLORIDE; LIMESTONE; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; HISTORIC BUILDING; HUMIDITY; LIMESTONE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIODEGRADATION; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CUBA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; MEXICO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; STONE DISSOLUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TROPIC CLIMATE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALIFORNIA; CIUDAD DE LA HABANA; CUBA; HAVANA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75049083467     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0081-1     Document Type: Article

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