Sustainable use of traditional geomaterials in construction practice
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| Other Authors | , , , , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
London :
The Geological Society,
2016.
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| Series | Geological Society special publication ;
no. 416. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781862397187 186239718X 9781523122592 1523122595 9781862397255 1862397252 |
| ISSN | 0305-8719 ; |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (vi, 311 pages) : illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Geomaterials in construction and their sustainability: understanding their role in modern society
- From spolia to recycling: the reuse of traditional construction materials in built heritage and its role in sustainability today: a review
- Late Antique marble trade: new insights obtained from stone artefacts from the San Severo complex (Ravenna, Italy)
- Concept for a holistic sustainability assessment of the end-of-life phase of masonry
- Resource management and a Best Available Concept for aggregate sustainability
- Application of a new method for rapid quality assessment of renewable aggregate resources in alpine regions
- Laboratory characterization and pilot site tests of residual sludge from dimension stones for civil and environmental applications
- Sustainability in earthen heritage conservation
- Sierra de Guadarrama (Madrid, Spain): bridging the gap between geology and architecture
- GIS-based variability of building materials towards the I.le-de-France cuesta (Paris Basin, France): inventory, distribution, uses and relationship with the environment
- Antique stone quarries in Turkey: a case study on tuffs in the Temple of Apollon Smintheus
- Physico-mechanical properties and durability performance of natural building and decorative carbonate stones from Cyprus
- Early Cretaceous Obernkirchen and Bentheim Sandstones from Germany used as dimension stone in the Netherlands: geology, physical properties, architectural use and comparative weathering
- The role of the petrophysical characteristics on the durability and conservation of some porous calcarenites from Southern Italy
- Comparison between petrophysical properties, durability and use of two limestones of the Paris region
- Petrographic characteristics of intrusive rocks as an evaluation tool of their technical properties
- New experimental method to study the combined effect of temperature and salt weathering
- Characterization of particulate matter in attic and settled dusts collected from two buildings in Budapest, Hungary
- Repair rendering mortars for the restoration of the Vargas Palace in Granada (Spain): a comparative study of the mortar behaviour in the laboratory and on site
- Inadequacy of different methods of assessing the correct dosages during the preparation of air-hardening lime mortars
- TiO₂-SiO₂-PDMS nanocomposites with self-cleaning properties for stone protection and consolidation
- Resistance to weathering and retreatability of composite protective nanostructured coatings applied to Pendelikon marbles.