e_conservation the online magazine No. 8, February 2009 Digging out conservation In this issue we have included two articles concerning conservation of archaeological objects.…

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Slide 11 Salt weathering in the Al-Namrud Monuments in Iraq: characterization of historical stone and fresh stone treated with accelerated decay tests Al-Mukhtar M. Ali H.…

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1. What is weathering?Different types of weathering. Effects of weathering. 2. Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials…

1. Weathering 2. What type of weathering? 3. The Wind -- Mechanical Weathering in Action! 4. And this? 5. Biological Weathering 6. What type of weathering are these people…

44 This chapter deals with Geomorphic process,exogenic,endogenic processes,diastrophism,volcanism,weathering,types of weathering mechnical(unloading ,expansion,temperature…

Slide 1 WEATHERING MECHANISMS & PRODUCTS Mehrooz F Aspandiar CRC LEME WASM, Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology Slide 2 Weathering – why bother? Primary…

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Slide 1 The rock cycle Slide 2 Slide 3 WEATHERING Physical and Chemical Physical weathering- Changes in the degree of consolidation with little or no chemical and mineralogical…