Limestone in the Built Environment:
Present-Day Challenges for the Preservation of the Past
Special Publication 331 (Geological Society Special Publication)

Limestone in the Built Environment

By B J Smith, M Gomez-Heras, H A Viles, J Cassar, 2010

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    * Publisher:   Geological Society Of London
    * Number Of Pages:   335
    * Publication Date:   2010-03-15
    * ISBN-10 / ASIN:   1862392943
    * ISBN-13 / EAN:   9781862392946

Product Description:
Limestone is a highly successful and widely used building material, found in many important historic buildings and new monuments around the world. Whilst its success reflects its durability under a wide range of environmental conditions, there are still important questions surrounding the selection, use and conservation of building limestones. 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.