The effect of chemical weathering on the engineering properties of eocene basalts in Northeastern Turkey

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-234

  Tugrul, Atiye ^a   Gürpinar, Okay ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basalts; Geomechanics; Turkey; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; WEATHERING; WEATHERING INDEX;

TURKEY, NIKSAR;

EID: 0030666364     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iii.2.225     Document Type: Article

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