Engineering geological characterisation of the rock masses at Tannur Dam site, South Jordan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 817-826

  El Naqa, Ali ^a   Al Kuisi, Mustafa ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Spec Engineering Service Company   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Discontinuities rock mass; Jordan; Packer tests; Rock mass rating

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DAMS; ROCKS;

ROCK-MASS RATING (RMR);

GEOLOGY;

DAM; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; JOINT; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SHEAR STRENGTH;

JORDAN;

EID: 0036819733     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0589-9     Document Type: Article

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