Weathering indices for rhyolitic tuff and granite in Hong Kong

Engineering Geology

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 147-159

  Guan, P ^a   Ng, C W ^b   Sun, M ^c   Tang, W ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Dry density; Granite; Hong Kong; Mobility index; Tuff; Volcanic; Volume index; Weathering indices

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MODELS; ROCKS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

DRY DENSITY TESTS; RHYOLITIC TUFF;

GRANITE;

GRANITE; RHYOLITE; TUFF; WEATHERING;

CHINA;

EID: 0035045726     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(00)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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