Spatial relationships of salt distribution and related physical changes of underlying rocks on naturally weathered sandstone exposures (Bohemian Switzerland National Park,Czech Republic) |
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Authors: | R Přikryl L Melounová Z Vařilová Z Weishauptová |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic;(2) Bohemian Switzerland National Park Administration, Pražská 52, 407 46 Krásná Lípa, Czech Republic;(3) Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojová 269, 165 02 Praha 6, Lysolaje, Czech Republic;(4) Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, V Holešovičkách 41, 182 09 Prague 8, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | Efflorescence, case hardening, and granular disintegration represent common weathering features of Upper Cretaceous quartz
sandstones exposed in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park (NW Bohemia, Czech Republic). Salt species (sulphates: gypsum
(CaSO4·2H2O), potassium alum (KAl(SO4)2·12H2O), tschermigite (NH4Al(SO4)2·12H2O), alunite (K(Al3(SO4)2(OH)6), and alunogen (Al2(SO4)3·17H2O), minor nitrates: nitrammite (NH4NO3)) determined by X-ray diffraction exhibit vertical and geographic zoning. More soluble salts (chlorides, nitrates, tschermigite)
crystallize preferentially on the cliffs exposed to the south, whereas the north face is characterized by the presence of
less soluble phases: gypsum and K(Al3(SO4)2(OH)6. Vertical zoning of salt distribution on natural outcrops differs from the salt distribution in masonry. Salt distribution
near the base of the cliff (profile to about 2–2.5 m above the ground) is affected by capillary rise from the ground level
(first maximum of water-soluble salts at the level of 1–1.5 m above the ground) and by percolation of precipitation through
the overhanging rock sequence (second maximum of 2–2.5 m above the ground). Percolation of salt solution from higher parts
is affected by the asperity of the rock surface. The concentration of salts (determined by ion exchange chromatography) correlates
to the changes of physical properties: bulk porosity, microporosity and water absorption. The porosity, microporosity, moisture
content and absorption generally increase with the increasing volume of sulphates and nitrates. |
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Keywords: | Sandstone weathering Salts Physical properties Zoning Czech Republic |
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