Christopher Pötzl

CV

Research Interests

Natural building stones in cultural heritage
Hygric expansion processes
Clay swelling inhibition

Recent publications

Pötzl, C., Siegesmund, S., Dohrmann, R., Koning, JM, Wedekind, W. (2018) Deterioration of volcanic tuff rocks from Armenia: constraints on salt crystallization and hydric expansion. Environ Earth Sci 77: 660 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7777-8

Pötzl, C., Dohrmann, R., Siegesmund, S. (2018) Clay swelling mechanism in tuff stones: an example of the Hilbersdorf Tuff from Chemnitz, Germany. Environ Earth Sci 77: 188 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7345-2

Pötzl, C., Öcal, A.D., Cramer, T., Siegesmund, S. (2020) Decay of Pre-Colombian phallic stone monoliths. In: Siegesmund, S. & Middendorf, B. (Eds.). Monument future: Decay and conservation of stone. Proceedings of the 14th international congress on the deterioration and conservation of stone – Volume 1 and Volume 2. Mitteldeutscher Verlag (accepted).

Rucker, S., Pötzl, C., Wendler, E., Dohrmann, R., López-Doncel, R., Siegesmund, S. (2020) Improved consolidation of volcanic tuff rocks with TEOS. In: Siegesmund, S. & Middendorf, B. (Eds.). Monument future: Decay and conservation of stone. Proceedings of the 14th international congress on the deterioration and conservation of stone – Volume 1 and Volume 2. Mitteldeutscher Verlag (accepted).

Kück, A., Pötzl, C., López-Doncel, R., Dohrmann, R., Siegesmund, S. (2020) Tuffs in Pre-Colombian and colonial architecture of Oaxaca, Mexico. In: Siegesmund, S. & Middendorf, B. (Eds.). Monument future: Decay and conservation of stone. Proceedings of the 14th international congress on the deterioration and conservation of stone – Volume 1 and Volume 2. Mitteldeutscher Verlag (accepted).

Kück, A., Pötzl, C., López-Doncel, R., Dohrmann, R., Siegesmund, S. (2020) Effects of zeolites and swellable clay minerals on water-related properties and thermal dilatation in volcanic tuff rocks. In: Siegesmund, S. & Middendorf, B. (Eds.). Monument future: Decay and conservation of stone. Proceedings of the 14th international congress on the deterioration and conservation of stone – Volume 1 and Volume 2. Mitteldeutscher Verlag (accepted).

Teipel, M., Pötzl, C., Wedekind, W., Middendorf, B., Siegesmund, S. (2020) Approach on developing stone replacement mortars for the cultural heritage of Armenia. In: Siegesmund, S. & Middendorf, B. (Eds.). Monument future: Decay and conservation of stone. Proceedings of the 14th international congress on the deterioration and conservation of stone – Volume 1 and Volume 2. Mitteldeutscher Verlag (accepted).

Török, A., Germinario, L., López-Doncel, R., Pötzl, C., Siegesmund, S. (2020) Comparative analysis of volcanic tuffs from Europe, Asia and North-America. In: Siegesmund, S. & Middendorf, B. (Eds.). Monument future: Decay and conservation of stone. Proceedings of the 14th international congress on the deterioration and conservation of stone – Volume 1 and Volume 2. Mitteldeutscher Verlag (accepted).

López-Doncel, R., Wedekind, W., Cardona-Velázquez, N., González-Sámano, PS, Dohrmann, R., Siegesmund, S., Pötzl, C. (2016) Geological Studies on Volcanic Tuffs Used as Natural Building Stones in the historical Center of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Hughes, J., & Howind, T. (Eds.). Science and Art: A Future for Stone: Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, Volume 1. Paisley: University of the West of Scotland, pp. 107-115.

Pötzl, C., López-Doncel, R., Wedekind, W., Siegesmund, S. (2016) Las Casas Tapadas de Plazuelas - Structural damage, weathering characteristics and technical properties of volcanic rocks in Guanajuato, Mexico. Hughes, J., & Howind, T. (Eds.). Science and Art: A Future for Stone: Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, Volume 2. Paisley: University of the West of Scotland, pp. 1237-1245.

Pötzl, C., López-Doncel, R., Wedekind, W., Siegesmund, S. (2016) Salt weathering and hygric expansion of tuff rocks in archeological sites in Central Mexico. 5th International Conference Youth in Conservation of Cultural Heritage YOCOCU 2016, 21st - 23rd September, Madrid, Spain, pp. 164-168

Pötzl, C., López-Doncel, R., Wedekind, W., Siegesmund, S. (2016) Petrographical analysis, whole rock chemistry and mineralogical composition of volcanic rocks in the pyramids of Plazuelas in Guanajuato, Mexico. Hernández-Bernal M. S, Corona-Chávez P., Robles-Camacho J., Sosa-Ceballos G., Editores. Programa y Resúmenes del XXVI Congreso Nacional de Geoquímica. Actas INAGEQ, Vol. 22, p. 59

Wedekind, W., Pötzl, C., López-Doncel, R., Siegesmund, S. (2016) Surface hardness testing for the evaluation of consolidation of porous low bound stones. Hughes, J., & Howind, T. (Eds.). Science and Art: A Future for Stone: Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, Volume 1. Paisley: University of the West of Scotland, pp. 491-499.

López-Doncel, R., Cardona-Velazquez, N., Wedekind, W., Siegesmund, S., Pötzl, C. (2015) Rocas vólcanicas - Estudio para la revalorización de la importancia de elementos de roca en el centro histórico de San Luis Potosí, México. Reunión Anual 2015 de la Unión Geofísica Mexicana, 02.-07.11.2015, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México.