45039
Accession Number
8259
Title Of Article Chaper
Rock weathering at archaeological sites in Yucatan, Mexico
Title Of Journal Book
ICCM bulletin
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
43-50
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Investigation of weathering rates of limestone structures, stele, and carvings from Mayan archaeological sites in Yucatan, Mexico, indicate that the limestone had weathered uniformly and differentially with an average weathering rate for one of the deeper hollows of 1.6 cm per 100 years, based on known construction dates. -- AATA
pub_id
45039