TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wedekind, Wanja
A1  - Ruedrich, Joerg
A1  - Siegesmund, Siegfried
T1  - Natural building stones of Mexico–Tenochtitlán: their use, weathering and rock properties at the Templo Mayor, Palace Heras Soto and the Metropolitan Cathedral
Y1  - 2011
VL  - 63
IS  - 7/8
SP  - 1787
EP  - 1798
JF  - Environmental Earth Sciences
DO  - 10.1007/s12665-011-1075-z
DO  - 10.23689/fidgeo-2504
PB  - Springer-Verlag
N2  - In the Aztec period and in colonial times different natural stones originating in the Valley of Mexico were used for building construction. Stone weathering was investigated onsite at various historical buildings within the old quarter of Mexico City. In this study, different aspects of weathering and deterioration at three significant historical buildings will be presented, the Aztec excavation site Templo Mayor, the Metropolitan Cathedral, and the colonial palace of the dukes of Heras Soto. Petrophysical properties of the main building stones of these structures were investigated like density, porosity, pore radii distribution, water uptake rate and coefficient, thermal and hygric expansion, and the mechanical properties of uniaxial compressive strength. A relationship between single critical property values, according to anisotropy fabric characteristics, and specific weathering forms could be deduced.
UR  - http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/6817
ER  -