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Modelling the impact of changing atmospheric pollution levels on limestone erosion rates in central London, 1980-2010
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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:36 authored by R Inkpen, H Viles, C Moses, B BailyDecadal limestone erosion rates from a 30-year study of St Pauls Cathedral, London are compared with recession rates derived from applying Lipfert’s and Tidblad’s dose-response functions to the available rainfall and sulphur dioxide data from central London. Comparison of the measured erosion rates and the dose-response function derived recession rates shows consistently higher loss for the measured erosion rates, between 49 and 35 microns per year for measured rates as opposed to 15e12 microns per year for derived rates. Measured erosion rates were 3.33 times as high as derived recession rates towards the start of the 30 year measurement period, falling to almost 2.75 times by the 2000s. Analysis of the disparity suggests that, despite the magnitude of the differences between the two methods, they both record the same patterns of decline in erosion rates as sulphur dioxide levels decline. The disparity may result from using a common index of erosion, loss of height, to express the outcomes of two different measurement systems quantifying surface loss in different ways.
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Atmospheric EnvironmentISSN
1352-2310Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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1Volume
61Page range
476-481Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
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2012-11-09Usage metrics
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