The decay rates of building stones and, the processes leading to their deterioration is
governed by intrinsic properties such as texture, mineralogy, porosity and pore size …

This review describes advances in the continued expansion of work using the XRF group of
techniques published approximately between April 2013 and March 2014. Specialised …

Roofing slate is one of the world's most popular dimension rock products. This special type
of slate can be split into regular and thin tiles forming an exceptional covering material …

Coticule is the name originating in Belgium for a fine-grained metasedimentary yellowish
rock mainly composed of quartz, spessartine and mica, which is repeatedly interstratified in …

Spain is one of the leading producers of dimension stone and the biggest producer of
roofing slate in the world. As a result, the roofing slate industry has shaped the landscape in …

Slates are common metasedimentary rocks in the Iberian Peninsula, ranging in deposition
age from Proterozoic to Ordovician. Spain is currently the primary producer of high-quality …

Roofing slate has its own regulations and standards, as with other natural stones. The two
main markets for roofing slate are USA/Canada and Europe. Given the very long tradition of …

The distribution of geochemical elements in the surficial media is the end product of
geochemical dispersion under complex geological conditions. This study explored the …

Abstract The Iberian Peninsula is, nowadays, the main producer of roofing slate of the world.
Most of the outcrops are located in the NW of the Iberian Peninsula, in the regions of Galicia …

Measuring the abundance and size distribution of framboidal and euhedral microscopic
crystals of pyrite has proven to be an effective method to determine the paleoenvironmental …