Test results and empirical formulas of rock mechanical parameters of rhyolitic tuff samples from Eger's cellars

Acta Geologica Hungarica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-312

  Kleb, Béla ^a   Vásárhelyi, Balázs ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b Department of Geotechnics   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Engineering geology; Rhyolite tuffs; Rock strength; Water saturation

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LOADING; ROCK MECHANICS; STRENGTH; TUFF;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EGER; EURASIA; EUROPE; HEVES; HUNGARY;

EID: 0942291452     PISSN: 02365278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AGeol.46.2003.3.5     Document Type: Article

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