Issue 7-8/2011
Special Issue : Monuments under Threat: Environmental Impact, Preservation Strategies and Natural Stone Recourses
Content (35 Articles)
Monuments under threat: environmental impact, preservation strategies and natural stone recourses
Siegfried Siegesmund, Joerg Ruedrich
Micro-environmental change as a trigger for granite decay in offshore Irish lighthouses: implications for the long-term preservation of operational historic buildings
P. A. Warke, B. J. Smith, E. Lehane
Characterization of indoor and outdoor atmospheric pollutants impacting architectural monuments: the case of San Jerónimo Monastery (Granada, Spain)
Velichka Kontozova-Deutsch, Carolina Cardell, Maja Urosevic, Encarnación Ruiz-Agudo, Felix Deutsch, René Van Grieken
A comparison of the properties and salt weathering susceptibility of natural and reconstituted stones of the Orval Abbey (Belgium)
C. Thomachot-Schneider, M. Gommeaux, G. Fronteau, C. T. Oguchi, S. Eyssautier, B. Kartheuser
Can drying and re-wetting of magnesium sulfate salts lead to damage of stone?
Enrica Balboni, Rosa M. Espinosa-Marzal, Eric Doehne, George W. Scherer
An integrated methodology for salt damage assessment and remediation: the case of San Jerónimo Monastery (Granada, Spain)
E. Ruiz-Agudo, B. Lubelli, A. Sawdy, R. van Hees, C. Price, C. Rodriguez-Navarro
Preservation strategies for avoidance of salt crystallisation in El Paular Monastery cloister, Madrid, Spain
P. López-Arce, R. Fort, M. Gómez-Heras, E. Pérez-Monserrat, M. J. Varas-Muriel
Limestones under salt decay tests: assessment of pore network-dependent durability predictors
Carlos Alves, Carlos Figueiredo, António Maurício, Maria Amália Sequeira Braga, Luís Aires-Barros
Salt damage and microclimate in the Postumius Tomb, Roman Necropolis of Carmona, Spain
D. Benavente, S. Sanchez-Moral, A. Fernandez-Cortes, J. C. Cañaveras, J. Elez, C. Saiz-Jimenez
Moisture expansion as a deterioration factor for sandstone used in buildings
Joerg Ruedrich, Tobias Bartelsen, Reiner Dohrmann, Siegfried Siegesmund
Flaw propagation and buckling in clay-bearing sandstones
Timothy P. Wangler, Alisa Stratulat, Philippa Duffus, Jean H. Prévost, George W. Scherer
Physical weathering of building stones induced by freeze–thaw action: a laboratory long-term study
J. Ruedrich, D. Kirchner, S. Siegesmund
Influence of shape fabric and crystal texture on marble degradation phenomena: simulations
Victoria Shushakova, Edwin R. Fuller Jr, Siegfried Siegesmund
Bowing of dimensional granitic stones
P. Vázquez, S. Siegesmund, F. J. Alonso
Time-dependent changes in the strength of repair mortar used in the loss compensation of stone
B. Szemerey-Kiss, Á. Török
Physical and mechanical properties of the repaired sandstone ashlars in the facing masonry of the Charles Bridge in Prague (Czech Republic) and an analytical study for the causes of its rapid decay
Richard Přikryl, Zuzana Weishauptová, Miroslava Novotná, Jiřina Přikrylová, Aneta Št’astná
Mineralogical and chemical characterization of historical mortars from military fortifications in Lisbon harbour (Portugal)
A. Santos Silva, T. Cruz, M. J. Paiva, A. Candeias, P. Adriano, N. Schiavon, J. A. P. Mirão
Comparison of quantitative petrographic, stable isotope and cathodoluminescence data for fingerprinting Czech marbles
Aneta Šťastná, Richard Přikryl, Alena Černíková
Weathering of Fruchtschiefer building stones: mineral dissolution or rock disaggregation?
Cornelius Fischer, Stephan Kaufhold, Wanja Wedekind, Reiner Dohrmann, Volker Karius, Siegfried Siegesmund
An integrated approach to assess the origins of black films on a granite monument
B. Pereira de Oliveira, J. M. de la Rosa, A. Z. Miller, C. Saiz-Jimenez, A. Gómez-Bolea, M. A. Sequeira Braga, A. Dionísio
A commentary on climate change, stone decay dynamics and the ‘greening’ of natural stone buildings: new perspectives on ‘deep wetting’
B. J. Smith, S. McCabe, D. McAllister, C. Adamson, H. A. Viles, J. M. Curran
Microbial diversity on a marble monument: a case study
Christine Hallmann, Jörg Rüdrich, Matthias Enseleit, Thomas Friedl, Michael Hoppert
Ascomycete fungi on dimension stone of the “Burg Gleichen”, Thuringia
Christine Hallmann, Diana Fritzlar, Lorena Stannek, Michael Hoppert
Weathering of sandstone lotus petals at the Angkor site: a 1,000-year stone durability trial
Marie-Françoise André, Bruno Phalip, Olivier Voldoire, Franck Vautier, Yves Géraud, Mhammed Benbakkar, Christophe Constantin, Fabienne Huber, Gilles Morvan
Assessment of weathering damage on the Petroglyphs of Cheonjeon-ri, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
Kurt Heinrichs, Bernd Fitzner
Weathering behaviour and construction suitability of dimension stones from the Drei Gleichen area (Thuringia, Germany)
Heidrun Stück, Siegfried Siegesmund, Jörg Rüdrich
Natural building stones of Mexico–Tenochtitlán: their use, weathering and rock properties at the Templo Mayor, Palace Heras Soto and the Metropolitan Cathedral
Wanja Wedekind, Joerg Ruedrich, Siegfried Siegesmund
Quality assessment of replacement stones for the Cologne Cathedral: mineralogical and petrophysical requirements
B. Graue, S. Siegesmund, B. Middendorf
Development and assessment of protective winter covers for marble statuaries of the Schlossbrücke, Berlin (Germany)
Joerg Ruedrich, York Rieffel, Stephan Pirskawetz, Holger Alpermann, Ute Joksch, Christoph Gengnagel, Frank Weise, Rudolph Plagge, Jianhua Zhao, Siegfried Siegesmund
Shelters over the Megalithic Temples of Malta: debate, design and implementation
J. Cassar, M. Galea, R. Grima, K. Stroud, A. Torpiano
Pravčice Rock Arch (Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic) deterioration due to natural and anthropogenic weathering
Zuzana Vařilová, Richard Přikryl, Václav Cílek
Black dimensional stones: geology, technical properties and deposit characterization of the dolerites from Uruguay
Manuela Morales Demarco, Pedro Oyhantçabal, Karl-Jochen Stein, Siegfried Siegesmund
Optimized extraction of dimension stone blocks
S. Mosch, D. Nikolayew, O. Ewiak, S. Siegesmund