Assessment of the collapse mechanisms of tufa deposits

Engineering Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 332-342

  Dipova, Nihat ^a   Doyuran, Vedat ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antalya; Collapse mechanism; Foundation settlement; Tufa

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FOUNDATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; TALL BUILDINGS;

CEMENT BINDING; COLLAPSE MECHANISM; FOUNDATION INSTABILITIES; FOUNDATION SETTLEMENT; NATURAL VOID RATIO; TUFA DEPOSITS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

COLLAPSE; FOUNDATION; TUFA;

EID: 33144454395     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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