Engineering geological and geotechnical responses of schistose rocks from dam project areas in India

Engineering Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 183-201

  Behrestaghi, M H N ^a   Seshagiri Rao, K ^b   Ramamurthy, T ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Dam project areas; Geological responses; Geotechnical responses; India; Schistose rocks

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITION; DAMS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRESSES;

SCHISTOSE ROCKS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ANISOTROPY; DAM DESIGN; SCHIST; STRENGTH; STRESS;

INDIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030265187     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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