Research Catalog

Title

Biodeterioration of stone surfaces : lichens and biofilms as weathering agents of rocks and cultural heritage / edited by Larry L. St. Clair and Mark R.D. Seaward.

Author

Biodeterioration Symposium (2001 : Albuquerque, N.M.)

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2004.

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Additional Authors

• St. Clair, Larry L.
• Seaward, M. R. D.

Description

xvii, 292 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"This is a timely volume in view of the considerable interest currently shown in the preservation of our cultural heritage and the extensive and growing literature on the subject. Unfortunately, the latter is to be found in a wide variety of published sources, some aimed at a very specific readership. The present volume draws together a spectrum of biodeterioration work from across the world to provide an overview of the materials examined and the methodologies employed to elucidate the nature of the problems, as well as an extensive and current bibliographical resource on lichen biodeterioration."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Stone > Deterioration > Congresses
• Lichens > Congresses
• Weathering > Congresses
• Biofilms > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• Contains edited papers from the Biodeterioration Symposium on biodeterioration held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in August 2001.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Ch. 1. Biodeterioration of rock substrata by lichens : progress and problems / Larry L. St. Clair and Mark R. D. Seaward -- Ch. 2. Lichens as subversive agents of biodeterioration / Mark R. D. Seaward -- Ch. 3. Limestone stabilization studies at a Maya site in Belize / William S. Ginell and Rakesh Kumar -- Ch. 4. Lichens and the biodeterioration of stonework : the Italian experience / Rosanna Piervittori -- Ch. 5. Deteriorative effects of lichens on granite monuments / Benita Silva and B. Prieto -- Ch. 6. Microbial biofilms on carbonate rocks from a quarry and monuments in Novelda (Alicante, Spain) / Carmen Ascaso, M. A. Garcia Del Cura and Asuncioni De Los Rios -- Ch. 7. Lichens on Wyoming sandstone : do they cause damage? / Giacomo Chiari and Roberto Cossio -- Ch. 8. Lichen encroachment onto rock art in eastern Wyoming : conservation problems and prospects for treatment / Constance S. Silver and Richard Wolbers -- Ch. 9. Lichen biodeterioration at inscription rock, El Morro national monument, Ramah, New Mexico, USA / Kathryn B. Knight, Larry L. St. Clair and John S. Gardner -- Ch. 10. Lichens of different mortars at archaeological sites in southern Spain : an overview / X. Arino and C. Saiz-Jimenez -- Ch. 11. Observations on lichens growing on artifacts in the Indian subcontinent / S. Saxena, D. K. Upreti, Ajay Singh and K. P. Singh -- Ch. 12. Biodeterioration of prehistoric rock art and issues in site preservation / Alice M. Tratebas
• Ch. 13. Raman spectroscopy of rock biodeterioration by the lichen Lecidea tessellata florke in a desert environment, Utah, USA / Howell G. M. Edwards, Susana E. Jorge Villar, Mark R. D. Seaward and Larry L. St. Clair -- Ch. 14. Lichens and monuments : an analytical bibliography / Rosanna Piervittori, Ornella Salvadori and Mark R. D. Seaward.

ISBN

• 1402028032 (cased)
• 1402028458 (e-book)
• 9781402028038

OCLC

• 57355139
• SCSB-10214833

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library