The study of the deterioration of stone buildings is difficult, due to the complexity of the relationship between different physical and chemical processes involved. The causes of the deterioration on a building of great cultural importance, the Crypt of the “Cattedrale di Otranto”, Apulia-Italy, were assesed through non destructive integrated biological and physical surveys. BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS: to identify the fungin species, giving also their spatial distribution.MICROCLIMATIC SURVEYS: to analyse the evolution of the main thermohygrometrical parameters. Moreover also buried wet structures could be involved in the process of degradation, so we performed: GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR) SURVEYS : to localise these discontinuities and to analyse their influence; to evaluate, by means of a velocity analysis, the underground water content.

Integrated methods for analysis of deterioration of cultural heritage

CATALDO, Rosella;DE DONNO, Maria Antonella;DE NUNZIO, Giorgio;LEUCCI, Giovanni;NUZZO, Luigia;SIVIERO, Stefano;
2005-01-01

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The study of the deterioration of stone buildings is difficult, due to the complexity of the relationship between different physical and chemical processes involved. The causes of the deterioration on a building of great cultural importance, the Crypt of the “Cattedrale di Otranto”, Apulia-Italy, were assesed through non destructive integrated biological and physical surveys. BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS: to identify the fungin species, giving also their spatial distribution.MICROCLIMATIC SURVEYS: to analyse the evolution of the main thermohygrometrical parameters. Moreover also buried wet structures could be involved in the process of degradation, so we performed: GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR) SURVEYS : to localise these discontinuities and to analyse their influence; to evaluate, by means of a velocity analysis, the underground water content.
2005
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