Understanding the decay of stone-built cultural heritage

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-461

  Smith, B J ^a   Gomez Heras, M ^a   McCabe, S ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Durability testing; Episodic decay; Geomorphology; Stress history; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STONE; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DURABILITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRESS; WEATHERING;

EID: 67649361979     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133308098119     Document Type: Review

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