Field methods for characterizing weak rock for engineering

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Santi, Paul M ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Field testing; Shales; Weak rock; Weathered rock

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURABILITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL TESTING; ROCKS; SHALE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CLASSIFICATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FIELD METHOD; WEAK ROCK;

EID: 33645468793     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/12.1.1     Document Type: Article

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