Engineering geological appraisal of the Sulakyurt dam site, Turkey

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-492

  Özsan, Aydin ^a   Öcal, Adem ^b   Akin, Mutluhan ^c   Başarir, Hakan ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c General Directorate of Urbanization Bank   (Turkey)

Author keywords

GSI; Q; RMR; Rock mass classification; Rock mass parameters; Slope stability analysis; Tunnel support design

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; SLOPE STABILITY; SUPPORTS; TUNNELS;

LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES; ROCK MASS PARAMETERS; TUNNEL SUPPORT;

DAMS;

DAM; HYDROGEOLOGY; ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION; SLOPE STABILITY; TUNNEL DESIGN;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 34548756167     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-007-0092-3     Document Type: Article

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