• Key parameters of volcanic tuffs used as building stone: a statistical approach 

      Pötzl, ChristopherORCIDiD; Siegesmund, Siegfried; López-Doncel, Rubén; Dohrmann, ReinerORCIDiD (Environmental Earth Sciences, 2021-12-08)
      Volcanic tuffs naturally show a strong heterogeneity in their petrography and petrophysical properties. The arrangement of the components in tuffs can create a very wide spectrum of porosities and fabrics, which in turn ...
    • Moisture expansion as a deterioration factor for sandstone used in buildings 

      Ruedrich, Joerg; Bartelsen, Tobias; Dohrmann, ReinerORCIDiD; Siegesmund, Siegfried (Environmental Earth Sciences, 2010)
      The expansion processes that develop in building stones upon changes of moisture content may be an important contributing factor for their deteriorations. Until recently, few data could be found in the literature concerning ...
    • 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 ...
    • Porosity and distribution of water in perlite from the island of Milos, Greece. 

      Kaufhold, Stephan; Reese, Anke; Schwiebacher, Werner; Dohrmann, ReinerORCIDiD; Grathoff, Georg H.; Warr, Laurence N.; Halisch, Matthias; Müller, Cornelia; Schwarz-Schampera, Ulrich; Ufer, Kristian (SpringerPlus, 2014)
      A perlite sample representative of an operating mine in Milos was investigated with respect to the type and spatial distribution of water. A set of different methods was used which finally provided a consistent view on the ...
    • 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 ...