Estimating the geotechnical properties of heterogeneous rock masses such as flysch

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 85-92

  Marinos, Paul ^a   Hoek, Evert ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flysch; Geotechnical properties; GSI; Rock mass classification

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; TECTONICS; TUNNELS;

ROCK MASSES;

ROCKS;

FLYSCH; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; STRENGTH;

EID: 0034753123     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100640000090     Document Type: Article

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