Natural building stone composed of light-transmissive minerals: Impacts on thermal gradients, weathering and microbial colonization. A preliminary study, tentative interpretations, and future directions

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-297

  Hall, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endolithic colonization weathering; Light transmissive rocks; Monuments; Thermal responses

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; DATA HANDLING; GRANITE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MINERALS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

FIELD MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MONUMENTS; NATURAL BUILDING STONES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLISHED SURFACES; THERMAL COEFFICIENTS OF EXPANSIONS; THERMAL RESPONSE;

WEATHERING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; COLONIZATION; DATA ACQUISITION; GRANITE; LABORATORY METHOD; LATITUDE; LIGHT EFFECT; LITHOLOGY; MARBLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL; MONUMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ROCK; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHERING;

EID: 78650972083     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0522-6     Document Type: Article

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