Natural stone resources for historical monuments / edited by R. Přikryl, Á. Török.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Přikryl, Richard.

Török, Ákos, 1963-

Geological Society of London

Series:

Geological Society special publication ; no. 333.

Geological Society special publication ; no. 333

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--Congresses.

Historic buildings.

Stone buildings--Conservation and restoration--Congresses.

Stone buildings.

Monuments--Maintenance and repair--Congresses.

Monuments.

Building stones--Congresses.

Building stones.

Stone buildings--Conservation and restoration.

Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 237 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.

Place of Publication:

London : Geological Society, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Strict environmental legislation has resulted in the closing of many long-standing quarries in industrialised countries, which has led to a shortage of traditional stone varieties. This has caused problems for restoration practice. Cheap, imported stone has become more widely available. This volume looks at: the establishment of inventories of possible replacement stones; understanding the decay mechanism and use of preventive conservation methods for slowing down decay processes; evaluation of the properties of natural stone; and assessing the risks of using replacement stones of different qualities.

Notes:

"Most of the papers were presented during the "Natural stone resources for historical monuments" special session held under the framework of the "Energy, Resources, Environment" programme session on the General Assemblies of the European Geosciences Union held in Vienna (Austria) annually during 2006-2008".

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ISBN:

9781862399167

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