Sandstone weathering in tropical climate: Results of low-destructive investigations at the temple of Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Engineering Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 182-192

  Siedel, Heiner ^a   Pfefferkorn, Stephan ^b   von Plehwe Leisen, Esther ^c   Leisen, Hans ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c Laboratory for Stone Conservation (LPL)   (Germany)

^d TH Köln University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drilling resistance; Salt distribution; Sandstone; Sulphur isotope ratio; Ultrasonic wave velocity; Weathering forms

Indexed keywords

CAMBODIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; EXTRINSIC FACTORS; HIGH SWELLING; IN-SITU; INTRINSIC FACTORS; ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NON DESTRUCTIVE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; SALT FORMATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULPHATES; SULPHUR ISOTOPE; SURFACE DETERIORATION; SWELLING BEHAVIOUR; TROPICAL CLIMATES; ULTRASONIC WAVE VELOCITY; WEATHERING PROCESS; WETTING-DRYING;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; GYPSUM; ISOTOPES; PETROGRAPHY; SALTS; SANDSTONE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SULFUR; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

WEATHERING;

DRILLING; MONUMENT; SANDSTONE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ULTRASONICS; WEATHERING; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

ANGKOR; CAMBODIA;

EID: 77956425167     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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