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Table of Contents - Special Paper 390

Stone Decay in the Architectural Environment

Edited by: Alice V. Turkington


Preface
Introduction to stone decay in the architectural environment
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1. Urban stone decay: The great weathering experiment?
Bernard J. Smith, Alice V. Turkington, and Joanne M. Curran
1
2. Can stone decay be chaotic?
Heather A. Viles
11
3. Weathering of serpentine stone buildings in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, region: A geographic approach related to acidic deposition
Thomas C. Meierding
17
4. Surface-recession weathering of marble tombstones: New field data and constraints
Sheila M. Roberts
27
5. Petra revisited: An examination of sandstone weathering research in Petra, Jordan
Thomas R. Paradise
39
6. Characterization of swelling in clay-bearing stone
George W. Scherer and Inmaculada Jimenez Gonzalez
51