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Aspects of Stone Weathering, Decay and Conservation

Proceedings of the 1997 Stone Weathering and Atmospheric Pollution Network Conference (SWAPNET '97)
    https://doi.org/10.1142/9781783263431Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)
    Abstract:

    The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

    • Foreword

    • Acknowledgments

    • The Weathering of Hastings Beds Sandstone Gravestones in South-East England

    • Gravestones: Problems and Potentials as Indicators of Historic Changes in Weathering

    • Deciphering the Impacts of Traffic on Stone Decay in Oxford: Some Preliminary Observations from Old Limestone Walls

    • Role of Atmospheric Sulphur Dioxide in the Sulphation Reaction of Frescoes

    • Moisture Loss from Stone Influenced by Salt Accumulation

    • Characterisation of Decay Features on Sandstone Following Cleaning: Preliminary Observations

    • Removal and Analysis of Soluble Salts from Chemically Cleaned Sandstones

    • Aspects of Microclimate: Effects on the Distribution of a Biological Community on Hermitage Castle, U.K.

    • Initial Investigations into the Deterioration of the Maya Limestone Monuments of Uxmal, Mexico

    • Algal and Non-Algal Soiling Rates of Some Scottish Building Sandstones

    • Microstructures in Historic Scottish Lime Mortars

    • Scottish Market Crosses: Towards the Development of a Risk Assessment Model

    • Contingent Valuation Comes to Town

    • Cleaning of Stone Buildings: The Applicability of Established Value Assessment Methodologies

    • Stone Conservation Within Historic Scotland from 1954 to the Present Day

    • The Role of Technical Conservation Research and Education Division, Historic Scotland

    • Stonework Conservation in the National Trust for Scotland (Presentation Abstract)

    • Carved Stones (Presentation Abstract)

    • Effect of Hydrocarbons on Biofilm Development on Sandstone (Poster Abstract)

    • Heat and Mass Transfer at the Surface of Two Sandstone Types Under Different Atmospheric Conditions (Poster Abstract)

    • Laser Cleaning of Scottish Sandstone and Granite (Poster Abstract)

    • New Instruments for Monitoring Algae Populations on Stone Surfaces (Presentation Abstract)