Naturally fractured rock mass quality zonation in Saudi Arabia

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-208

  Sadagah, Bahaaeldin H ^a   Sen, Zekai ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Design; Fractures; Joints; Rock mechanics; Site investigation

Indexed keywords

FRACTURED ROCK; ROCK MASS QUALITY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0030479147     PISSN: 04812085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEGH.1996.029.P3.03     Document Type: Article

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