New chemical weathering indices for estimating the mechanical properties of rocks: A case study from the Kürtün Granodiorite, NE Turkey

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 187-207

  Ceryan, Şener ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering indices; Engineering properties; Granitic rocks; Isovolumetric method; Turkey; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GRANITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ROCK PROPERTY; WEATHERING PROFILE;

EID: 41949127580     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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