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Rock block monitoring of rapid salt weathering in southern Tunisia
Author(s) -
Goudie A. S.,
Watson A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290090112
Subject(s) - sabkha , weathering , geology , geochemistry , block (permutation group theory) , salt (chemistry) , evaporite , geotechnical engineering , mineralogy , mining engineering , sedimentary rock , chemistry , mathematics , geometry
Rectangular blocks of York Stone and of concrete placed on a sodium chloride sabkha in southern Tunisia for six years suffered very severe breakdown, thereby indicating the power of salt weathering as a process in sabkha environments.