Influence of temperature and salt concentration on the salt weathering of a sedimentary stone with sodium sulphate

Engineering Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 193-199

  Angeli, M ^a,b   Hebert R ^a   Menendez B ^a   David, C ^a   Bigas, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c CHRYSO   (France)

Author keywords

Salt crystallization; Sedimentary rocks; Sodium sulphate; Temperature; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGEING; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BRINE VISCOSITY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; POROUS NETWORKS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT CRYSTALLIZATION; SALT WEATHERING; SEDIMENTARY STONES; SODIUM SULPHATE;

BRINES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLIZATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLIZATION; DAMAGE; LIMESTONE; POROUS MEDIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SULFATE (INORGANIC SALT); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77956438041     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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