Weathering processes on headstones and monuments alison tymon march 2012 weathering is defined as the breakdown of rock in situ that is without being moved.
Marble tombstones weathering.
Headstones are subjected to weath.
Weathering rates of marble in urban environments eastern australia.
Weathering processes depend upon the pres ence of water the temperature the mineral composition of the rock and its chemical com position.
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.
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.
Maps of surface recession rates measured from 8 438 century old vermont marble tombstones at 320 cemeteries.
Dragovitch 1986 an excellent source of data for tombstone weathering in two different cities.
Weathering on gravestones author.