Building Materials

<bibimport/> Author: Hans-Jürgen Schwarz, Heiner Siedel

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Abstract

Damage to natural stone are omnipresent. Here are pictures of typical damage to natural stone, where salts are involved. A detailed description of the various types of damage, see separate article

Alveolar Weathering

Examples of alveolar weathering (see [Heckmann:1995]Title: Untersuchung der Alveolarverwitterung (AV) an der Marienkirche (Marienberg, Sachsen)
Author: Heckmann
,[Livingston:1994]Title: Influence of evaporite minerals on gypsum crusts and alveolar weathering
Author: Livingston, R. A.
, [Laue.etal:2005]Title: Alveolarverwitterung und schichtparalleles Auswittern der Kreidesandsteine an der Kirche von Leuba /Sachsen
Author: Laue, Steffen; Siedel, Heiner; Hilbert, Georg; Pfefferkorn, Stephan
and [Siedel:2008]Title: Salt-induced alveolar weathering of rhyolite tuff on a building: causes and processes
Author: Siedel, Heiner
[Siedel:2010]Title: Alveolar weathering of Cretaceous building sandstones on monuments in Saxony, Germany
Author: Siedel, Heiner
).