The influence of foliation on the fragility of granitic rocks, image analysis and quantitative microscopy

Engineering Geology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 275-288

  Åkesson, Urban ^a   Stigh, Jimmy ^a   Lindqvist, Jan Erik ^b   Göransson, Mattias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Foliated granite; Foliation index; Image analysis; Los Angeles test method

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GRANITE; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FOLIATED ROCKS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ANISOTROPY; FOLIATION; GRANITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICROSCOPY; ROCK MECHANICS; TEXTURE;

EID: 0037367960     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(02)00233-8     Document Type: Article

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