Environmentally-induced stone decay: The cumulative effects of crystallization-hydration cycles on a Lincolnshire oopelsparite limestone

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 297-307

  Colston, Belinda J ^a   Watt, David S ^a   Munro, Helen L ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Hygroscopicity; Passive conservation; Salt analysis; Salt decay; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042406610     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2074(01)01129-3     Document Type: Article

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