A graphical method for the classification of rock and weak rock masses based on field observations

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-12

  Palicki, Kirk ^a,b,c  

^a Dames and Moore   (United States)

^b Rogers/Pacific   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering Geology; Rock Classification; Rock Mechanics; Weak Rock; Weathered Rock

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DENSITY; ENGINEERING CLASSIFICATION; GEOTECHNICAL CLASSIFICATION; STRENGTH; WEAK ROCK; WEATHERED ROCK;

EID: 0030886259     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iii.1.7     Document Type: Article

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