Natural Stone and World Heritage: Salamanca (Spain)

ISBN-13: 9781138499546 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 116 str.

Dolores Pereira

Opis

This book is the first to emphasize the importance and significance of natural stone in the construction of a city, Salamanca, recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It describes the buildings, the stones, and the stone quarries.

Spis treści

Introduction. World Heritage Sites. Salamanca: a World Heritage Site. The buildings in Salamanca. The Stones of Salamanca. Stone Testing. Sedimentary stones. Metamorphic stones. Igneous stones. The Quarries. Heritage Stones. Heritage Stones in Salamanca. Conclusions: The importance of stones in the preservation of cultural heritage. Glossary. References.

O autorze

Dolores Pereira is professor of Geology and Engineering Geology at the University of Salamanca. She also teaches at the Master of Social Studies for Science and Technology of this university. She is Secretary General of the IUGS Heritage Stones Subcommission. Leader of the IGCP-637. Chair of the IUGS Publications Committee since July 2018. Member of the Books Editorial Committee of the Geological Society of London. Her research interests include mineralogy, petrology, characterization of natural stones for construction and restoration and their importance on architectural heritage, and also bibliometrics and citation analysis. She has published more than 50 scientific papers on these subjects. Dolores Pereira is vice-president of AMIT, the Spanish Association for Women in Science.