Microstructural, geochemical and geomechanical properties of caliche deposits from the Adana Basin, Turkey

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Cobanoglu I ^a   Bozdag S ^b   Kumsar, H ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adana basin; Caliche; Geomechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARID REGIONS; CALCIUM; DEPOSITS; ICE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ADANA BASIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE (CACO3); GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICRO STRUCTURAL; SEMI ARID REGIONS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (UCS);

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ABSORPTION; CALICHE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER;

ADANA BASIN; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 48449096262     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-008-0147-0     Document Type: Article

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