Carbonate stone : chemical behavior, durability, and conservation /

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Author / Creator:Gauri, K. Lal.
Imprint:New York : Wiley, 1999.
Description:xviii, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4339605
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Other authors / contributors:Bandyopadhyay, Jayanta K.
ISBN:0471179779 (alk. paper)
Notes:"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Origin, Occurrence, Properties, and Classification of Carbonate Rocks
  • Noncarbonate Minerals in Carbonate Rocks
  • Structural Deformation of Carbonate Rocks
  • Weathering of Carbonate Rocks in Natural Environments
  • Chemical Weathering by Dry Deposition in Polluted Environments
  • Kinetics and Modeling Decay Rates of Carbonate Rocks in Polluted Environments
  • Biodeterioration
  • Methods of Characterization of Limestone and Dolostone by Mercury Porosimetry
  • Durability of the Sphinx Limestone
  • Conservation of Carbonate Structures
  • Geoarchaeology and the Age of the Sphinx
  • Appendices
  • Glossary
  • Indexes