Effect of weathering on the geomechanical properties of andesite, Ankara - Turkey

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-100

  Orhan, M ^a   Isik N S ^a   Topal, T ^b   Ozer M ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Andesite; Ankara; Geomechanical properties; Weathering

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EARTHQUAKES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RESONANCE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL MECHANICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANDESITE; ANKARA; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; GROUND AMPLIFICATION; PHYSICOMECHANICAL TESTS; PRESSUREMETER TESTS;

WEATHERING;

EARTHQUAKE; GEOMECHANICS; SLOPE; WEATHERING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33745061148     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0189-1     Document Type: Article

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