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Limestone in the built environment : present-day challenges for the preservation of the past /

In order to make best use of new limestone today, and to conserve old limestone most effectively, we need to bring modern research methods to bear on understanding the characteristics of different limestones, what mortars to use, and how key limestones have responded to polluted atmospheres. This vo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Smith, Bernard J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Geological Society, 2010.
Colección:Geological Society special publication ; no. 331.
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Sumario:In order to make best use of new limestone today, and to conserve old limestone most effectively, we need to bring modern research methods to bear on understanding the characteristics of different limestones, what mortars to use, and how key limestones have responded to polluted atmospheres. This volume brings together recent inter-disciplinary research on these issues, illustrating the diversity of innovative techniques that are now being applied to furthering our understanding of building limestones.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 257 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781523122523
1523122528
ISSN:0305-8719 ;