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Table 4 Weathering deterioration data

From: A quantitative evaluation based on an analytic hierarchy process for the deterioration degree of the Guangyuan Thousand-Buddha grotto from the Tang Dynasty in Sichuan, China

No

Name

Weathering deterioration

Rock powdering weathering (m2)

Deep loss (m2)

Salt crystallization (m2)

Pigment layer peeled off (m2)

Paint layer craquelure (m2)

86

Amitabha grotto

7.67

0.01

0.60

2.76

1.59

211

Suting grotto

0.15

0.00

0.09

0.13

0.00

213

/

2.95

0.03

0.13

1.14

0.31

214

Vairocana Buddha cave

0.10

0.07

0.00

0.36

0.48

400

Central Stupa grotto

15.92

0.58

5.91

0.26

0.06

512

Dayun old cave

19.16

0.06

4.98

1.92

0.01

513

Weikang grotto

4.49

0.02

0.00

2.24

0.00

535

Lotus cave

12.47

0.01

1.71

5.25

0.09

689

Thousand-Buddha cave

7.62

0.01

0.86

4.27

0.00

805

Benefactor’s grotto

18.67

0.00

0.72

0.12

3.27

806

Shakyamuni and Prabhutaratna grotto

17.69

0.00

0.14

5.27

0.78

No

Name

Weathering deterioration

Scratch or graffiti (m)

Improper repairing (m2)

Surface pollution (m2)

Microorganism pollution (m2)

86

Amitabha grotto

0.00

0.10

5.79

0.01

211

Suting grotto

0.00

0.00

1.48

0.00

213

/

0.00

0.63

1.46

0.00

214

Vairocana Buddha cave

5.90

0.12

0.00

0.01

400

Central Stupa grotto

36.94

0.07

2.61

1.35

512

Dayun old cave

15.15

3.00

10.86

0.37

513

Weikang grotto

21.07

0.05

1.27

0.05

535

Lotus cave

12.83

0.84

8.60

5.70

689

Thousand-Buddha cave

88.53

0.09

3.18

0.01

805

Benefactor’s grotto

58.17

0.01

3.57

1.86

806

Shakyamuni and Prabhutaratna grotto

70.65

0.05

3.01

1.70