Marble Tombstones Weathering
Weathering rates of marble in urban environments eastern australia.
Marble tombstones weathering. Meierding department of geography and center for climatic research university of delaware newark de 19716 fax 302 831 8273 e mail buc18279 um udel edu abstract. Weathering on gravestones author. Marble tombstone weathering and air pollution in north america thomas c. Studying rock types weathering processes and human history in a cemetery.
Sometimes you run into darker stones made of gabbro maybe a few sandstone markers but especially in more recent monuments marble and granite and other plutonic rocks rule the roost. Weathering processes depend upon the pres ence of water the temperature the mineral composition of the rock and its chemical com position. The booming and polluted metropolis of sydney and wollongong where pollution rates haven t changed much. Dragovitch 1986 an excellent source of data for tombstone weathering in two different cities.
Maps of surface recession rates measured from 8 438 century old vermont marble tombstones at 320 cemeteries.