Sandstone degradation: An experimental study of accelerated weathering

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2027-2042

  Labus, Małgorzata ^a   Bochen, Jerzy ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accelerated weathering; Degradation; Pore area; Sandstone; Weathering resistance

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DISINTEGRATION; MINERALS; PORE STRUCTURE; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SILICA; TEXTURES;

ACCELERATED WEATHERING; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; IMPORTANT FEATURES; MINERAL COMPOSITION; PORE AREAS; ROCK CLASSIFICATION; WEATHERING RESISTANCE;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARAMETERIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; PORE SPACE; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SANDSTONE;

GERMANY; POLAND;

EID: 84869196863     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1642-y     Document Type: Article

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