Bowing of dimensional granitic stones

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1603-1612

  Vazquez P ^a   Siegesmund, S ^b   Alonso, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bowing; Granitoids; Texture; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF DEFORMATIONS; DRY AND WET; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL FACTORS; GRAIN SHAPES; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRANITOIDS; LOW POROSITY; MARBLE SLABS; ROCK WEATHERING; WATER SATURATIONS; WET CONDITIONS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MARBLE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WEATHERING;

GRANITE;

ANISOTROPY; GRAIN SIZE; GRANITE; MARBLE; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; ROCK PROPERTY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLAB; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 79960279326     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0882-y     Document Type: Article

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