Title
Decay of Rhenish Tuff in Dutch monuments. Part 1: Use, composition and weathering
Author
Nijland, T.G.
Brendle, S.
van Hees, R.P.J.
de Haas, G.J.L.M.
TNO Bouw
Publication year
2003
Abstract
Rhenish tuffs from the volcanic Eifel region, Germany, have widely been used as building stone in the Netherlands. Different kinds of tuff (Römer, Weiberner, Ettringer, Riedener) show different kinds of decay, and also within each group, remarkable differences in weathering behaviour occur. In the present study, a short introduction is given to the historic use of tuff in the Netherlands, and a survey of weathering patterns is presented. Fresh quarry samples and material removed from several Dutch monuments have been studied by polarization-and-fluorescence microscopy (PFM) and X-ray diffraction analysis fiRD). So far, no relationship between mineral assemblages and durability could be established.
Subject
Buildings and Infrastructure
Materials
Built Environment
Natural stone
Tuf
Römer
Ettringer
Hasenstopler
Weiberner
Hohenleie
Weathering patterns
Damage
Mineralogy
Zeolites
Analcime
Chabazite
Philipsite
Merlinoite
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TNO identifier
330672
Source
Heron, 48 (3), 149-166
Bibliographical note
Special issue verschenen in mei 2004
Document type
article