• Moisture expansion associated to secondary porosity: an example of the Loseros Tuff of Guanajuato, Mexico 

      López-Doncel, Rubén; Wedekind, Wanja; Dohrmann, ReinerORCIDiD; Siegesmund, Siegfried (Environmental Earth Sciences, 2012)
      The old mining city of Guanajuato in middle Mexico preserves one of the most important historical legacies in colonial buildings, the UNESCO declared the city World Heritage Site in 1988. Practically all the colonial ...
    • Weathering of volcanic tuff rocks caused by moisture expansion 

      Wedekind, Wanja; López-Doncel, Rubén; Dohrmann, ReinerORCIDiD; Kocher, Mathias; Siegesmund, Siegfried (Environmental Earth Sciences, 2012)
      Moisture expansion in natural building stones is considered one of the most important factors affecting their weathering and deterioration. The processes that may be responsible for the expansion under determinate relative ...