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Chemical Weathering

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The decay of rock and stone has been well known to architects and conservators of historical buildings and monuments since the days of the Roman architect Vitruvius. We understand most phases of physical and chemical weathering as the result of minerals and rocks attempting to reach equilibrium under conditions at the earth’s surface. Much less is known, however, of the time required for these processes to take place in the complex environment of the earth’s surface. The following summarizes the present knowledge of weathering processes and rates.

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Winkler, E.M. (1997). Chemical Weathering. In: Stone in Architecture. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10070-7_7

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