Mechanical strength of the transition zone at the boundary between opal-A and opal-CT zones in siliceous rocks

Engineering Geology

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 215-221

  Ishii, Eiichi ^a   Sanada, Hiroyuki ^a   Iwatsuki, Teruki ^a   Sugita, Yutaka ^a   Kurikami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burial diagenesis; Permeability; Siliceous rocks; Unconfined compressive strength

Indexed keywords

BULK CHEMICALS; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; FLUID CONDUITS; HARD PART; HOKKAIDO; PORE SPACE; SEM IMAGE; SILICEOUS MUDSTONE; SILICEOUS ROCKS; TRANSITION ZONES; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA;

ROCKS;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CEMENTATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MINERALOGY; MUDSTONE; PERMEABILITY; SILICA; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; TRANSITION ZONE;

HOKKAIDO; HORONOBE; JAPAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 80053304460     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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