A proposal for a Secondary Permeability Index obtained from water pressure tests in dam foundations

Engineering Geology

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 69-82

  Foyo, Alberto ^a   Sánchez, Miguel A ^a   Tomillo, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dam foundation; Rock mass quality; Secondary Permeability Index (SPI); Water pressure test

Indexed keywords

DAMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; WATER; WEATHERING;

ROCK MASSES; SECONDARY PERMEABILITY INDEX (SPI); WATER PRESSURES;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

DAM; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FOUNDATION; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 12144257414     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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