Relationship between texture and mechanical properties of granites, Central Sweden, by use of image-analysing techniques

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 277-284

  Akesson U ^a   Lindqvist, J ^b   Goransson M ^c   Stigh, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Los Angeles test method; Minerals; Rocks; Studded tyre test method; Texture

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; AGGREGATES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

TYRE TESTS;

GRANITE;

GRANITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TEXTURE;

EID: 0035169070     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100640100105     Document Type: Article

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