Aspects of rock strength

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-30

  Hawkins, A B ^a  

^a Charlotte House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field description; Point Load; Rock; Strength; Testing; UCS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003252411     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100640050017     Document Type: Article

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