Evaluation of strength reduction of weathered Aoshima sandstone using an Equotip rebound hardness tester

Chikei/Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-382

  Aoki, Hisashi ^a   Matsukura, Yukinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equotip hardness; Rock strength; Sandstone; Weathering

Indexed keywords

HARDNESS; SANDSTONE; STRENGTH; WEATHERING;

EID: 8744283617     PISSN: 03891755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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