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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/141454| Title: | Understanding some of the effects of shelter design on deterioration at the Mnajdra megalithic temples of Malta |
| Authors: | Faieta, Rosangela Cassar, JoAnn Valantinavičius, Mantas Micallef, Daniel |
| Keywords: | Megalithic temples -- Malta Mnajdra Temples (Qrendi, Malta) Environmental degradation -- Malta Weathering of buildings -- Malta Buildings -- Protection -- Malta Megalithic temples -- Conservation and restoration -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2025 |
| Publisher: | Copernicus Publications |
| Citation: | Faieta, R., Cassar, J., Valantinavičius, M., & Micallef, D. (2025, April). Understanding some of the effects of shelter design on deterioration at the Mnajdra Megalithic Temples of Malta. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, Vienna, Austria. EGU25-18921. |
| Abstract: | The site of Mnajdra, one of the UNESCO-listed Megalithic Temples of Malta (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/132) dating back to 3600 - 2400 BC, is located on the southern coast of the Maltese archipelago. This site, along with two other similar sites, was sheltered in 2009 with reversible, open-sided shelters, with the aim of mitigating the critical impact of the aggressive marine environment on the conservation of the limestone megaliths. Environmental conditions such as rain, wind, salt damage and direct insolation - triggering thermoclastism (thermal stress)- were identified as a key factor contributing to the progressive stone weathering and are currently being monitored by a multidisciplinary study. [extract] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/141454 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacBenED |
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