Sustainable use of traditional geomaterials in construction practice

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Other Authors Přikryl, Richard (Editor), Török, Ákos, 1963- (Editor), Gómez-Heras, M. (Editor), Miskovsky, K. (Editor), Theodoridou, M. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : The Geological Society, 2016.
SeriesGeological Society special publication ; no. 416.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781862397187
186239718X
9781523122592
1523122595
9781862397255
1862397252
ISSN0305-8719 ;
Physical Description1 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.