Multi-scale characterization of monument limestones

6th INternational Symposium on the conservation on Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin (2003) 6p Among the parameters influencing stone deterioration, moisture and water movements through the pore network are essential. This communication presents differents methods to characterize stones and to determinate the water transfer properties. Results are analysed for two limestones having similar total porosity, but characterized by different pore networks. These different porous systems govern dissimilar water properties.