The influence of alteration on the engineering properties of dolerites: The examples from the Pindos and Vourinos ophiolites (northern Greece)

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-80

  Rigopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Tsikouras, Basilios ^a   Pomonis, Panagiotis ^b   Hatzipanagiotou, Konstantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alteration; Dolerite; Engineering properties; Micropetrographic strength index; Ophiolite; Replacement index

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURABILITY; MINERALS; MODAL ANALYSIS; POLISHING; POROSITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ALTERATION; DOLERITE; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; MICROPETROGRAPHIC STRENGTH INDEX; NORTHERN GREECE; OPHIOLITE; REPLACEMENT INDEX; STRENGTH INDEXES; TOTAL POROSITY;

AGGREGATES;

ABRASION; ABSORPTION; CHLORITE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIABASE; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; MICROCRACK; MINERAL ALTERATION; OPHIOLITE; PARAMETERIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPLACEMENT; ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION; SECONDARY MINERAL; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH; WATER;

GREECE;

IPS;

EID: 73449140117     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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