Title
Early cretaceous Obernirchen and Bentheim sandstones from Germany used as dimension stone in the Netherlands: Geology physical properties, architectural use and comparative weathering
Author
Dubelaar, C.W.
Nijland, T.G.
Contributor
Prikryl, R. (editor)
Torok, A. (editor)
Gomez-Heras, M. (editor)
Misovsy, K. (editor)
Theodoridou, M. (editor)
Publication year
2015
Abstract
The Netherlands, with only scarce occurrences of outcropping or shallow buried natural stone, has over centuries imported huge quantities of Early Cretaceous Bentheim Sandstone and Obernkirchen Sandstone from Germany. The present paper provides an overview of their distribution and properties relevant to their use as building stone, and their mutual differences and comparative weathering. Evidence in Dutch architecture for the onset of quarrying of the Bentheim Sandstone is presented, and an overview is given of the use of Bentheim Sandstone and Obernkirchen Sandstone in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Subject
Earth / Environmental Building Engineering & Civil Engineering
GM - Geomodelling SR - Structural Reliability
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences TS - Technical Sciences
Geological Survey Netherlands
Materials
2015 Energy
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TNO identifier
523705
Publisher
Geological Society, London
Source
Sustainable use of traditional geomaterials in construction practice, 1-19
Series
Special publications
Document type
conference paper