Towards sustainable treatments to preserve fossils from weathering, as part of the garden redevelopment project at the Natural History Museum
Miles, Kieran Clatworthy, Innes
Miles, Kieran
Clatworthy, Innes
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2023-12-15
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2023-02-17
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nanolime
fossil
conservation
weathering
protection
consolidation
fossil
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The redevelopment of the gardens at the Natural History Museum (London, UK) required the preparation and stabilisation of several large fossil specimens to enable them to withstand exposure to typical weathering in an urban setting within the UK. Several specimens were considered to be at risk from damage: limestone dinosaur trackways, limestone invertebrate fossil blocks and some silicified sections of fossil tree. This project explores several options using literature searches, scanning electron microscopy and tape tests to identify sustainable but effective methods of preservation. The most appropriate treatment chosen for the limestones is CaLoSiL® E25 with TiO2 and for the silicious fossils SILRES® BS OH 100.
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Allington-Jones, Lu, Miles, Kieran, and Clatworthy, Innes. 2024. Towards sustainable treatments to preserve fossils from weathering, as part of the garden redevelopment project at the Natural History Museum. Palaeontologia Electronica, 27(1):a6. https://doi.org/10.26879/1274 palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024/5104-sustainable-preservation
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Copyright: January 2024 Paleontological Society. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), which permits users to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, provided it is not used for commercial purposes and the original author and source are credited, with indications if any changes are made. (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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