Correlation of mineralogical and textural characteristics with engineering properties of selected granitic rocks from Turkey

Engineering Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-317

  Tugrul A ^a   Zarif, I H ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Igneous rock; Index tests; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATERIALS TESTING; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TEXTURES; WATER ABSORPTION;

INDEX TESTS; POINT LOAD STRENGTH INDEX;

GRANITE;

GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GRANITE; MINERALOGY; TEXTURE;

TURKEY;

EID: 0344849500     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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