Correlation between P-wave velocity and some mechanical properties for sedimentary rocks

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-237

  Altindag, R ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brittleness; Mechanical properties; P wave velocity; Sedimentary rocks

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; MULTI-REGRESSION ANALYSIS; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PHYSICAL-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SIMPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BRITTLENESS; ENGINEERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC WAVES; STATISTICS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EID: 84861557660     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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