The petrographic and geomechanical properties of some sandstones from the Newspaper Member of the Natal Group near Durban, South Africa

Engineering Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-81

  Bell, F G ^a   Lindsay, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Natal Group; Newspaper Member; Sandstone; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; FORMABILITY; HARDNESS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; QUARTZ;

GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

SANDSTONE;

GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; PETROGRAPHY; SANDSTONE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032767351     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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