1st Edition

Processes of Urban Stone Decay

Edited By B.J. Smith, P.A. Warke Copyright 1996
    150 Pages
    by Routledge

    This study examines the various processes and the methods of determining urban stone decay. The contributions include coverage of: spatial variability of dissolution on a limestone surface; ageing of consolidated stone; and techniques for making contemporary copies of stone antiquities.

    Part 1 Processes: background controls on stone decay in polluted environments - a case study from Rio de Janeiro, Heather Neill and B.J. Smith; spatial variability of dissoluion on a limestone surface, Rob Inkpen; inheritance effects on efficacy of salt weathering mechanisms and durability of sandstone, Patricia Warke; simulation of frost shattering processes in natural and synthetic rocks, Robert Allison and Jeff Warburton; damage caused by the crystallization of salt mixtures, Clifford Price; black crusts formed during two different pollution regimes in the same location, Emer Bell; inherent weakness as a controlling factor in the breakdown of greywackes at two megalithic sites, John Kelly; ageing of consolidated stone, Anuradha Nandiwada; the relationship between air composition and run-off chemistry, Will Luxton; monitoring the impacts of the Oxford transport strategy on stone decay, Heather Viles; regional variations in sandstone decay in the West Midlands, UK, David Halsey. Part 2 Methods: structured approach to analyzing stone decay, Tim Cooper; some methods for assessing stone decay in polluted and "clean" environments, Ireland, Cherith Moses; the application of photogrammetric analysis in the monitoring of surface change during limestone weathering simulations, Annette Shelford; permeation testing of materials, John Beggan; techniques for making contemporary copies of stone antiquities, Malcolm Fry. Part 3 Current and future research: English Heritage and building conservation research, John Fidler; historic Scotland's objectives regarding the supply, decay and cleaning of stone, Ingval Maxwell; current research at BRE on the decay of limestone, Tim Yates.

    Biography

    B.J. Smith