Application of Petrography, Geochemistry, and Geomechanics to Architectural Heritage
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2022) | Viewed by 14531
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing a Special Issue that may be of interest to you. As Guest Editor, I cordially invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and publication in the Special Issue “Application of Petrography, Geochemistry, and Geomechanics to Architectural Heritage”. This Special Issue will be published in Applied Sciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci), an open access journal that covers all aspects of applied natural sciences.
In historic architecture, which includes numerous kinds of monuments and ancient buildings, natural stone was used as the main construction material due to its natural beauty, availability, and durability. Geomaterials are, however, not everlasting; exposed as natural outcrops or in a building or monument, they are subject to the destructive physical, chemical, biological, and anthropogenic weathering. These cannot be viewed as independent processes since complex interactions operate between them and the stone itself. The compositional, physical, and mechanical characterization of the different types of materials is indispensable to obtain information on the current condition, environmental influence, and change mechanism due to natural aging, including biodeterioration, or human‐made decay processes. Architectural Heritage represents the historical and cultural memory of our cities; its preservation and restoration are a worldwide issue. Natural stone is not only an old important component of cultural works but also a modern building material that will surely play a significant role in heritage in the future; the possible applications have been increasing over time, and today, the use of natural stones and their derived artificial materials, unlike in the past, requires that requirements be met for the intended purpose. This Special Volume focuses on the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to the study of compositional, physical, and mechanical properties of dimension stones, thus emphasizing the important role played by petrography, geochemistry, and geomechanics to reveal the intimate relationships between the different parameters characterizing any stone.
Dr. Alba Patrizia Santo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- architectural heritage
- materials
- characterization
- diagnostics
- conservation
- analytical techniques
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