Lime and Limestone

Lime and Limestone
Author: J. A. H. Oates
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2008-07-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3527612017

- Modern uses of traditional materials - 'Lime and Limestone' is a comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of the main scientific and technological aspects of the quarrying, processing, calcining and slaking of lime and limestone products. It places emphasis on how the processes are designed to ensure that the products meet market requirements and comply with customer specifications. It describes authoritatively, and in detail, the current uses in the many market segments, including: - iron, steel and other metals, - building, construction and cement, - water, sewage and environmental protection, - chemicals, agriculture and foodstuffs. It also addresses topical issues such as: environmental protection measures within the industry, toxicology, occupational health, storage, transportation, economic aspects, sampling, testing and analysis. The book maintains a good balance between scientific information - of use to technologists - and more general information - of value to production and commercial personnel, both within the lime and limestone industries and in the many industries that they serve.

Limestone in the Built Environment

Limestone in the Built Environment
Author: Bernard J. Smith
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2010
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781862392946

Limestone is a highly successful and widely used building material, found in many important historic buildings and new monuments around the world. Whilst its success reflects its durability under a wide range of environmental conditions, there are still important questions surrounding the selection, use and conservation of build-ing limestones. In order to make best use of new limestone today, and to conserve old limestone most effectively, we need to bring modern research methods to bear on understanding the characteris-tics of different limestones, what mortars to use, and how key lime-stones have responded to polluted atmospheres. This volume brings together recent inter-disciplinary research on these issues, illustrating the diversity of innovative techniques that are now be-ing applied to furthering our understanding of building limestones.

Limestones and Caves of Wales

Limestones and Caves of Wales
Author: Trevor D. Ford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011-06-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521169134

This 1989 book covers the geology and geomorphology of the Carboniferous Limestone areas of Wales, and summarises the state of knowledge of the main cave systems including the longest and deepest in Britain. It sets out to assess the morphological evolution of the cave systems and the associated landscape features, particularly in light of the effects of successive glaciations. The book also covers related subjects including the biology of the cave faunas, important archaeological discoveries in Welsh caves and the hydrology of the limestone masses. On its publication, this was the first book to give a general survey of the subject. It will continue to provide a valuable reference for cavers and also for geologists, geographers, biologists and archaeologists with special interests in the area.

Limestones of the Pacific Northwest

Limestones of the Pacific Northwest
Author: Edwin Thomas Hodge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1944
Genre: Limestone
ISBN:

Commercially available limestone resources are evaluated and mapped in Alaska, British Columbia, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, and Nevada.