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Publications tagged with [siltstone]

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LANDSLIDE BRUS, TRANSLATIONAL BLOCK SLIDING IN FLYSCH ROCK MASS (2010)

Landslide Brus was occurred in April 2005, near Brus village in Istria, Croatia. Landslide is typical block sliding and landslide body consists of practically unique flysch rock mass block, 150 m long and 35 m wide. Sliding was occurred momentary, without ...

Filed under: Engineering Geology - Landslides

Reference: Proceedings of the European Rock Mechanics Symposium (Eurock 2010)

ESTIMATING THE GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF HETEROGENEOUS ROCK MASSES SUCH AS FLYSCH (2001)

Marinos P. , Hoek E.

This paper presents a methodology for estimating the properties of heterogenous rock masses such as flysch.

Filed under: Rock Mechanics - Rock Behavior

Reference: Bull. Engg. Geol. Env. 60, 85-92, 2001

APPLICABILITY OF THE GEOLOGICAL STRENGTH INDEX (GSI) CLASSIFICATION FOR VERY WEAK AND SHEARED ROCK MASSES. THE CASE OF THE ATHENS SCHIST FORMATION (1998)

Hoek E. , Marinos P. et al.

This paper is focused on the applicability of the GSI classification system to these highly heterogeneous rock masses and proposes an extension of the GSI system to account for the foliated or laminated weak rocks in the lower range of its applicability.

Filed under: Rock Mechanics - Rock Classification

Reference: Bull Eng Geol Env (1998) 57 : 151-160