Integrated Research for Cultural Heritage Stone Materials
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 8774
Special Issue Editors
Interests: applied geophysics; non-destructive diagnostics for monuments; geophysical–petrographical characterization of stone materials
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Interests: geodesy; terrestrial laser scanner (TLS); structure from motion (SfM); close-range photogrammetry (CRP); GNSS; DinSAR; gravimetry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to present topics of integrated research on the characterization of stone for the diagnostics of monument degradation and is addressed to a large research audience. The integration of different types of complementary information can greatly improve the diagnostic process on the conservation state of building stone materials. Stone materials characterization and the knowledge of rock properties and their correlation are crucial in the network of applied geoscience and related engineering disciplines aimed at the protection and conservation of monuments. The diagnostic process of stone material decay is very complex and cannot be described by any single discipline. The prevention and rehabilitation of monumental structures can only be successful by combining different methodologies. The issue of multidisciplinarity in the nondestructive testing of monuments and in building stone material characterization is of great importance and multifaceted and deserves to be carefully addressed. Papers dealing with the description of new techniques and the integrated approach for the evaluation of the conservation state of building stone materials are greatly welcome.
Dr. Giuseppe Casula
Dr. Silvana Fais
Dr. Paola Ligas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- diagnostics on monuments
- characterization of stone materials
- thin section of rocks
- rock properties
- testing
- multidisciplinarity, integrated approach
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