Diagnosis of Weathering Damage on Stone Monuments
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Bernd Fitzner [1]
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[1] Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University
Städteregion Aachen, Alemania
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- Localización: Macla: revista de la Sociedad Española de Mineralogía, ISSN 1885-7264, Nº. 18, 2014, págs. 21-28
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Stone monuments represent an important part of our world´s cultural heritage. The awareness of increasing stone damage on monuments and the danger of further irretrievable loss of cultural heritage have resulted in great efforts worldwide for sustainable monument preservation. A precise damage diagnosis with comprehensive characterization, interpretation and rating of stone damage represents the basis for effective and economic monument preservation measures. The experienced methodological approach to the assessment of stone damage combines in situ investigation and laboratory studies. The monument mapping method is presented as an established non-destructive procedure for in situ studies on stone damage. It can be applied to all stone types and to all kinds of stone monuments. The use of weathering forms, damage categories and damage indices for the registration, documentation, quantitative evaluation and rating of stone damage is explained. Furthermore, complementary in situ measurements are discussed.
