Colonization and weathering of engineering materials by marine microorganisms : an SEM study
Here the AA. use scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to examine microbial colonization and micro-scale geomorphological features on experimental blocks of limestone, granite and marine concrete after eight months'exposure in the intertidal zone
in Cornwall, UK. The results presented demonstrate the influence of substratum lithology, hardness and texture on the nature of early micro-scale colonization, and the susceptibility of different engineering materials to organic weathering and erosion