Marble Tombstones Weathering

Marble tombstone weathering and air pollution in north america thomas c.

Marble tombstones weathering.

Weathering processes on headstones and monuments alison tymon march 2012 weathering is defined as the breakdown of rock in situ that is without being moved. Weathering processes depend upon the pres ence of water the temperature the mineral composition of the rock and its chemical com position. Meierding department of geography and center for climatic research university of delaware newark de 19716 fax 302 831 8273 e mail buc18279 um udel edu abstract. The booming and polluted metropolis of sydney and wollongong where pollution rates haven t changed much.

Dragovitch 1986 an excellent source of data for tombstone weathering in two different cities. Maps of surface recession rates measured from 8 438 century old vermont marble tombstones at 320 cemeteries. Abstract maps of surface recession rates measured from 8 438 century old vermont marble tombstones at 320 cemeteries throughout north america and hawaii demonstrate that air pollution probably so 2 has been responsible for more deterioration of carbonate building stone and statuary than have other weathering processes upper stone faces in heavily polluted localities mean so 2. Studying rock types weathering processes and human history in a cemetery.

Sometimes you run into darker stones made of gabbro maybe a few sandstone markers but especially in more recent monuments marble and granite and other plutonic rocks rule the roost.