Durability assessment of the Alaçatı tuff (Izmir) in western Turkey

Analysis of the correlations between freeze–thaw and salt crystallization tests

“…There is one rock which does not fit any of these three groups, LRS, a lumachelle with macroporosity. Rocks with macroporosity are considered to be moderately durable, and are more vulnerable to the physical weathering than to the chemical one (Yavuz 2012). Groups A and C are virtually equal, since they are made up of rocks that had the same response to both tests.…”

New weathering indices for evaluating durability and weathering characterization of crystalline rock material: A case study from NE Turkey

“…Recently, weathering indices have been used as a 88 palaeo-climatic indicators and for palaeo-environmental implications (e.g., Yang et al 2004;89 Gallagher and Sheldon 2013) and for characterising alterations associated with neotectonic 90 delineations and the subsequent implications for provenance studies (Young 2002; Osae et al 91 2006). In addition, chemical weathering indices provide input for prediction models to assess 92 the engineering behaviors of rocks (e.g., Onodera et al 1974; Irfan 1996; Tugrul and Gurpinar 93 1997; Ceryan 2008, Khanlari et al 2012) and predicting the durability and the weathering 94 state of building stones (e.g., Esaki and Jiang 1999; Korkmaz and Ceryan 2011;Yavuz 2012). 95 With the consideration of the chemical weathering processes, leaching and forming 96 weathering products, and their effects on durability of crystalline rocks, it can be said that 97 new petro-chemical indices are required to take into account petro-chemical 98 characteristics including mineralogical composition, mineral chemistry and durability 99 indicator such as the slake durability index.…”

Approaches to the Study of Salt Weathering of Geological Materials

“…Laboratory studies are, in general, more frequent than field studies (around 50% more), with diverse types of salts and weathering conditions (for recent reviews on laboratory salt weathering testing see Alves et al [5], Lubelli et al [6]). In the selected set, the main rock types are volcanic rocks (Seiki et al [3]; Yu & Oguchi [7]; Yavuz [8]; López-Doncel et al [9]; Germinario et al [10]; Özşen et al [11]; Çelik & Aygün [12]; Martínez-Martínez et al [13]; Pötzl et al [14]; Sato & Hattanji [15]; Zalooli et al [16]), being dominated by studies of pyroclastic rocks, and plutonic rocks (Cámara et al [4]; Yu & Oguchi [7]; López-Arce et al [17]; Silva et al [18]; Vázquez et al [19]; Cerrillo et al [20]; Martins et al [21]; Sousa et al [22]; Vázquez-Nion et al [23]; Graus et al [24]) with granite being dominant in this subset. In our present review we found fewer publications concerning laboratory testing of metamorphic rocks; most of them studying marbles (Vázquez et al [19]; Martínez-Martínez et al [25]; Navarro et al [26]; Vazquez et al [27]) with one studying gneiss (Ricardo et al [28]) but none in slates or schists.…”