Deterioration of Carbonate Rocks and Vulnerability of Cultural Heritage in a Changing Climate
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: The main aim of this study is to understand the effect of microclimatic factors on the decay of carbonate rocks with different petrography and textural features. A set of different kind of limestones commonly used in Built Heritage of Veneto and Northern Italy was selected. Innovative and non-invasive methods for surface recession measurements in different environmental conditions have been used and results are useful for refine currently available equations. Besides some routine laboratory analysis (OM, SEM-EDS, XRD, XRF, MIP, m-CT, densitometry), two different experimental approaches were designed: i) determination of the recession rate in headstones from a series of Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries ii) accelerated ageing tests at controlled environmental conditions on different carbonate rock types previously petrographically and texturally characterized.
Author: Silvia Salvini
Language: English
Subfield: Earth-Surface Processes
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2904486483