Analysis of biodeterioration wood estate: use different techniques to obtain images

ABSTRACT This study was based on the current status of locomotive turntable of Provincial Railway Station in La Plata. It was inaugurated in 1910 and it was declared as architectural heritage in 2006. The locomotive turntable is 200 meters from this station and it is a structure that consists in wooden slats of Schinopsis sp. into metal framework. Currently, this structure shows an advanced status of degradation caused by environmental and biological factors. The objective of this work was to determine the wood fungal degradation by non-destructive methods: area occupied by fungus (mycelium an...