Natural stone resources for historical monuments
By: edited by R. Přikryl and Á. Török
Contributors: Geological Society of London
Series: Geological Society special publication -- no. 333
Publisher: Geological Society
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9781862392915
Subjects: Building stones; Maintenance and repair; Conservation and restoration; Historic buildings; Monuments; Congresses; Stone buildings
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"--Pref.

"Some of the issues related to built stone conservation and restoration covered by this volume are: the establishment of inventories of possible replacement stone; 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."--P. [4] of cover.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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