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Building stone decay : from diagnosis to conservation / edited by R. Prikryl and B.J. Smith

Record no:

66267

Call no:

720.288 BUI

Author:

Prikryl, R. ; Smith, Bernard J. ; Geological Society of London ; European Geosciences Union. General Assembly (2005 : Vienna, Austria)

Publisher:

London: Geological Society of London

Year:

2007

Series:

Geological Society special publication ; no. 271

Description:

vi, 330 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Building stones - Biodeterioration - Congresses;
Stone buildings - Conservation and restoration - Congresses;
Weathering of buildings;
Stone buildings - Deterioration;
Architecture - Conservation and restoration;

Historic buildings - Conservation and restoration;
Museum conservation methods;

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Isbn:

9781862392182

Notes:

"Most of the papers contained in this volume were presented during the European Geosciences Union General Assembly ('Volcanology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy 25' special session) held in Vienna (Austria) on 25-29 April 2005. In addition to these there are a number of invited contributions chosen to fill gaps in the coverage of the meeting's original aims."--Preface.

Type:

Book

Contents:

Inventorying built heritage and its raw materials -- Patterns and monitoring of decay -- Processes of decay -- Salt decay testing -- Record of decay in rock properties -- Performance in use and conservation.

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