Quality assessment of armourstone for a rubble mound breakwater (Sinop, Turkey)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 905-913

  Topal, T ^a   Acir, O ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Planet Construction Ltd   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Armourstone; Breakwater; Durability; Limestone; Sandstone; Sinop

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; CONSTRUCTION; DRYING; DURABILITY; LABORATORIES; PLANNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROCKS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WETTING;

ARMOURSTONE; BREAKWATER CONSTRUCTION; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; STRENGTH RATIO;

LIMESTONE;

BREAKWATER; BUILDING STONE; SANDSTONE;

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 8744297498     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1102-4     Document Type: Article

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