Current methods and future trends in testing, durability analyses and provenance studies of natural stones used in historical monuments

Engineering Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 139-142

  Torok A ^a   Pikryl R ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

In situ testing; Laboratory analyses; Monument; Stone resources; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; DURABILITY ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL STRESS; FUTURE TRENDS; HISTORICAL MONUMENTS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU TESTING; LABORATORY ANALYSES; LABORATORY TEST; LABORATORY TESTING; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; MONUMENT; NATURAL STONES; NON DESTRUCTIVE; ON-SITE TESTS; PROVENANCE STUDIES; STONE RESOURCES;

DURABILITY; FATIGUE TESTING; LABORATORIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHOCK TESTING; SOIL MECHANICS;

WEATHERING;

DURABILITY; IN SITU TEST; LABORATORY METHOD; MINERALOGY; MONUMENT; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; ROCK MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

EID: 77956424884     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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