Stone decay in the architectural environment
By: edited by Alice V. Turkington.
Contributors: Turkington, Alice V.
Series: Special paper -- 390; Special papers (Geological Society of America) -- 390.
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Building stones -- Deterioration; Stone buildings -- Conservation and restoration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Urban stone decay : the great weathering experiment? / Bernard J. Smith, Alice V. Turkington, and Joanne M. Curran; title: Can stone decay be chaotic? / Heather A. Viles; title: Weathering of serpentine stone buildings in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, region : a geographic approach related to acidic deposition / Thomas J. Meierding; title: Surface-recession weathering of marble tombstones : new field data and constraints / Sheila M. Roberts; title: Petra revisited : an examination of sandstone weathering research in Petra, Jordan / Thomas R. Paradise; title: Characterization of swelling in clay-bearing stone / George W. Scherer and Inmaculada Jimenez Gonzalez.