Abandoned stone quarries in and around the Izmir city centre and their geo-environmental impacts - Turkey

Engineering Geology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-67

  Koca, M Y ^a   Kincal, C ^a  

^a Medical Faculty   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Geo environment; Izmir; Kinematic analysis; Quarry; Rock slope

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LIMESTONE; ROCKS; STABILITY;

ANDESITES; DASITIC LAVAS; STONE QUARRIES; TOPPLING;

QUARRIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MASS MOVEMENT; QUARRY; SLOPE STABILITY;

EURASIA; IZMIR [IZMIR (PRV)]; IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 3242689990     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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