Alveolar weathering of Cretaceous building sandstones on monuments in Saxony, Germany

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 333, Issue , 2010, Pages 11-23

  Siedel, Heiner ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STONE; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MONUMENT; POROSITY; SALT; SANDSTONE; WEATHERING;

GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 77955991296     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP333.2     Document Type: Article

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