How tough is tuff in the event of fire?

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 311-314

  Heap, M J ^a   Lavallee Y ^b   Laumann, A ^b   Hess, K U ^b   Meredith, P G ^c   Dingwell, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; DIMENSION STONE; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; ROCK MATRIX; TECTONIC EARTHQUAKES; THERMALLY UNSTABLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; FIRE RESISTANCE; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); ZEOLITES;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; STRENGTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUFF; ZEOLITE;

ITALY;

EID: 84861370596     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32940.1     Document Type: Article

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