RT Journal Article
T1 Influence of anisotropy on the durability of Madrid-region Cretaceous dolostone exposed to salt crystallization processes
T2 Influencia de la anisotropic en la durabilidad de las dolomías Cretácicas de la Comunidad de Madrid frente a la cristalización de sales
A1 Fort González, Rafael
A1 Fernández Revuelta, B.
A1 Varas Muriel, María Josefa
A1 Álvarez de Buergo, M.
A1 Taborda Duarte, M.
AB The behaviour of dolostone exposed to the effects of salt crystallization processes was studied on materials from Redueña and Torrelaguna in the province of Madrid, Spain. Much of the region's architectural and monumental heritage was built with the materials from these two sites. Stone specimens were selected for testing on the basis of ultrasonic wave propagation velocity (Vp) measurements taken in around one hundred cubic samples of each variety. The anisotropy indices were calculated and the samples were clustered on the basis of the results. Two representative samples of each class were taken and characterized for their petrographic and petrophysical properties before and after exposure to salt crystallization cycles. Ageing was evaluated in terms of weight loss and the visual deterioration observed. The pattern of decay found varied substantially in the two materials: the Redueña material exhibited more intense deterioration, with scaling and spalling, while the Torrelaguna dolostone tended to generate fragmentation and rounding at corners and edges.
PB Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
SN 0465-2746
YR 2007
FD 2007
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52923
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52923
LA eng
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Ministerio de Educación (España)
NO European Commission
DS Docta Complutense
RD 27 feb 2026