Relationships among mechanical, physical and petrographic properties of Siwalik sandstones, Central Nepal Sub-Himalayas

Engineering Geology

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 105-123

  Tamrakar, Naresh Kazi ^a   Yokota, Shuichiro ^b   Shrestha, Suresh Das ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Microfabric; Nepal; Physical properties; Sandstone; Siwalik Group; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PETROGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHERING;

DIAGENESIS; MIO-PLEISTOCENE SANDSTONE; SIWALIK GROUP;

SANDSTONE;

CLAST; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PETROGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLEISTOCENE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEXTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847695235     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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