Underlying issues on the selection, use and conservation of building limestone

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 331, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-11

  Smith, Bernard J ^a   Gomez Heras, Miguel ^a,b   Viles, Heather A ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STONE; COMPLEXITY; CONSERVATION; GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; SULFUR; WEATHERING;

EID: 77956015005     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP331.1     Document Type: Article

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