Proposal for the nomination of Lower Globigerina Limestone of the Maltese Islands as a" Global Heritage Stone Resource"

JA Cassar, A Torpiano, T Zammit, A Micallef - 2017 - um.edu.mt
The Lower Globigerina Limestone of the Maltese Islands is here being proposed for
nomination as a “Global Heritage Stone Resource”. This stone, continuously used for …

Reconstructing boulder deposition histories: Extreme wave signatures on a complex rocky shoreline of Malta

DN Mottershead, PJ Soar, MJ Bray, LJ Hastewell - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Żonqor coastline, southeast Malta, displays an exceptional range of geomorphic
signatures of extreme coastal events. This paper brings together evidence acquired from a …

Quantifying 450 years of limestone weathering induced by salt crystallization on fortifications in Malta and Gozo

E Roussel, F Vautier, O Voldoire, MF André, JA Cassar… - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry, on-site hardness and water
absorption tests, and petrographical and porosimetric analyses on targeted samples were …

British military contributions to the geology of Malta, part 2: The Second World War, 1939–1945

EPF Rose - Earth Sciences History, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT During the Second World War, the central Mediterranean island of Malta was
famously besieged by the Italian navy and intensively bombed by Italian and later German …

Dielectric permittivity diagnostics as a tool for cultural heritage preservation: Application on degradable globigerina limestone

A Cataldo, E De Benedetto, G Cannazza, S D'Amico… - Measurement, 2018 - Elsevier
Most monuments and historical buildings in the Maltese Islands are made of the local
Globigerina Limestone (GL). This type of stone, however, is very delicate and prone to …

[图书][B] Houses and Domestic Space in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Hospitaller Malta

GA Said-Zammit - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Houses and Domestic Space in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Hospitaller Malta is a
study concerned with a wide spectrum of early modern dwellings in Malta, ranging from …

An archaeometric investigation of the white-infilled decorations in Għar Dalam phase pottery

J Douglas - 2024 - um.edu.mt
The study explores complementary archaeometric analyses applied to Għar Dalam phase
white-infilled decorations (c. 6,000-5,400 BC), traditionally believed to be composed of …

Geomaterials: aggregates, building stone and earthworks: papers from 50 years of QJEGH

J Cassar, JR Standing - Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
Numerous papers included within the broad subject of geomaterials have been published in
QJEGH over the past 50 years. These have been compiled and divided here into three main …

[PDF][PDF] TDR-based water content estimation on globigerina limestone through permittivity measurements

A Cataldo, E De Benedetto, G Cannazza… - Proceedings of 3rd …, 2019 - iris.unina.it
Most monuments and historical buildings in the Maltese Islands are made of the local
Globigerina Limestone (GL). This type of stone, however, is very delicate and prone to …