Assessment of rock slope stability for a segment of the Ankara-Pozant motorway, Turkey

Engineering Geology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 73-90

  Kentli, B ^a   Topal, T ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankara Pozant motorway; Excavatability; Kinematic analysis; Limit equilibrium; Rock slope

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY;

CUT SLOPES; MOTORWAYS; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

ROCKS;

CUTTING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROCK MECHANICS; SLOPE STABILITY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 2642566874     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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