Fractal fragmentation of weathered rock and its application in engineering geology

Yanshilixue Yu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 587-595

  Tu, Xin Bin ^a   Wang, Si Jing ^a   Yue, Zhong Qi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Exponential distribution; Fractal; Fracture; Rock mechanics; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FRACTALS; FRACTURE; GRANITE; ROCKS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHERING;

ACCUMULATIVE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRIABLE POSSIBILITY; MINERAL PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 16644365437     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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