A commentary on climate change, stone decay dynamics and the 'greening' of natural stone buildings: New perspectives on 'deep wetting'

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1691-1700

  Smith, B J ^a   McCabe, S ^a   McAllister, D ^a   Adamson, C ^a   Viles, H A ^b   Curran, J M ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Stone Conservation Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Climate change; Moisture; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

ALGAL GROWTH; BUILDING BLOCKES; BUILDING STONE; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATIC TRENDS; DECAY MECHANISMS; DISSOLVED SALT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; MOISTURE PENETRATION; MOISTURE RETENTION; NATURAL STONES; NORTHERN IRELAND; OUTER SURFACE; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SEASONALITY; STONE DECAY; SURFACE DETERIORATION; WETTING AND DRYING;

BIOFILMS; BUILDING MATERIALS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DETERIORATION; MODELS; MOISTURE; SANDSTONE; WETTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALGA; BIOFILM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HISTORIC BUILDING; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SANDSTONE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE;

EID: 79960224077     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0766-1     Document Type: Article

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