Geotechnical and geoenvironmental characteristics of man-made underground structures in Cappadocia, Turkey

Engineering Geology

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 245-272

  Aydan, Ömer ^a   Ulusay, Reşat ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cappadocia; Geoenvironment; Geotomography; Rock mass; Tuff; Underground city

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CONTROL; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HOUSING; ROCKS;

ROCK ENGINEERING;

UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

HISTORIC BUILDING; HUMIDITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ROCK MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUFF; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

CAPPADOCIA; TURKEY;

EID: 0038693038     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(02)00285-5     Document Type: Article

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