1449
Accession Number
19456
Author
Agrawal, O.P.; Singh, Tej; Jain, Kamal K.
Editor
Grimstad, Kirsten
Author Affiliation
National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property. Section E/3. Aliganj Scheme. Lucknow-226020. India;National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property. Section E/3. Aliganj Scheme. Lucknow-226020. India;National Research
Title Of Article Chaper
Study on the weathering of Taj Mahal marble
Title Of Journal Book
ICOM committee for conservation: 8th triennial meeting, Sydney, Australia, 6-11 September, 1987. Preprints
Volume
2
Pages
453-456
Collation
7 figs., 3 refs.
Publisher
Getty Conservation Institute
Publisher City
Marina del Rey
ISBN
0-89236-094-1
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
ICOM committee for conservation: 8th triennial meeting
Meeting City
Sydney
Meeting Country
Australia
Abstract
Marble veneer of the Taj Mahal shows signs of physical weathering in the form of cracking, chipping, and bulging of marble slabs which have been caused mainly by the stresses due to the load on the marble slabs. Stresses due to swelling of iron dowels, jerks received during quarrying etc., also play an important role. Chemical action of rain water is also contributing towards deterioration by preferentially leaching out mineral impurities. -- AATA
Keywords
Marble;Deterioration AATA
pub_id
1449
Meeting Date
19870906-19870911