The Schmidt hammer: A brief review and some problems in geomorphology

Chikei

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-196

  Matsukura, Yukinori ^a   Aoki, Hisashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field measurement; Rock hardness; Rock strength; Schmidt hammer

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROCK PROPERTY; WEATHERING;

EID: 2342519485     PISSN: 03891755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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