Evaluation of the quality of a granite quarry

Engineering Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Taboada, J ^a   Vaamonde, A ^a   Saavedra, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Geoestatistics; Granite; Multivariate analysis; Ornamental rocks; Quality index

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRANITE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORNAMENTAL ROCKS; QUALITY INDEX;

QUARRIES;

GEOSTATISTICS; GRANITE; OPTIMIZATION; QUARRY; ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION;

EID: 0032782388     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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