Characterization of weathered acidic volcanic rocks and a weathering classification based on a rating system

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-430

  Arıkan, Fehmi ^a   Ulusay, Reşat ^b   Aydın, Nihal ^a  

^a GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acid volcanic rocks; Andesite; Dacite; Engineering properties; Rock mass weathering; Rock material weathering

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FACTORIZATION; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEATHERING;

ANDESITE; BLOCK PUNCH STRENGTH; DACITE;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ACIDIFICATION; ANDESITE; DACITE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROSITY; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; ROCK MECHANICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 34548745235     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-007-0087-0     Document Type: Article

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