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Petrological Characteristics and Deterioration State of Standing Buddha Statue in the Gwanchoksa Temple, Nonsan, Korea  

Yun, Seok-Bong (Department of Geoenvironmental Sciences, Kongju National University)
Kaug, Yean-Chun (Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation Sciences, Kongju National University)
Park, Sung-Mi (Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation Sciences, Kongju National University)
Yi, Jeong-Eun (Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation Sciences, Kongju National University)
Lee, Chan-Hee (Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation Sciences, Kongju National University)
Choi, Seok-Won (Department of Geoenvironmental Sciences, Kongju National University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.39, no.6, 2006 , pp. 629-641 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Standing Buddha Statue in the Gwanchoksa temple consists of medium to coarse grained biotite granodiorite with dark grey color, and it has a week gneissosity along the pegmatite veins. The results of magnetic susceptibility and geochemical patterns of the host rock of Standing Buddha Statue and the basement rock suggest that both values are formed from the co-genetic magma with the same differentiation process. The CIAs of the basement rock and the Standing Buddha Statue are calculated to 51.43 and 50.86, and the WPIs are estimated 4.52 and 8.95, respectively. So the weathering potential from the host rock of Standing Buddha Statue and basement rock prove to be high. The Standing Buddha Statue is terribly damaged with physical weathering from deterioration and exfoliation, and are scattered with secondary pollutant and precipitate. Basement rock is also in danger of ground collapse because of irregularly developed discontinuity system. Most surface of Standing Buddha Statue is seriously discolored into yellowish brown and dark gray, or black precipitates are also formed. Moreover, it is heavily covered with crustose lichen, fungi and algae, or moss are also found. In order to control the influential factors with the complex deterioration of Standing Buddha Statue, it is needed to rearrange a site environments, and conservation scientific management is required to protect it from covering lichens, exfoliations and fractures.
Keywords
granodiorite; weathering; pollutant; lichen; discoloration; conservation science;
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