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Tuffs - Their Properties, Uses, Hydrology, and Resources
Editor(s)
Geological Society of America
Copyright:
Geological Society of America
ISBN print:
9780813724089
Publication date:
January 01, 2006
Book Chapter
Chapter 3 Geotechnical properties of tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Author(s)
Mala Ciancia
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Mala Ciancia
1
URS Corporation, 201 Willowbrook Boulevard, Wayne, New Jersey 07474-0290, USA
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Grant Heiken
Grant Heiken
2
331 Windantide Place, Freeland, Washington 98249-9683, USA
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Published:January 01, 2006
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- body waves
- bulk density
- Cenozoic
- classification
- compressive strength
- cores
- creep
- density
- elastic constants
- elastic waves
- excavations
- experimental studies
- fractures
- hardness
- heat capacity
- heat flow
- igneous rocks
- ignimbrite
- in situ
- laboratory studies
- lithostratigraphy
- mapping
- measurement
- mechanical properties
- mineral composition
- Miocene
- Neogene
- Nevada
- Nye County Nevada
- P-waves
- Paintbrush Tuff
- physical properties
- Poisson's ratio
- porosity
- properties
- pyroclastics
- rock masses
- rock mechanics
- S-waves
- seismic waves
- sequence stratigraphy
- shear strength
- shear stress
- spatial distribution
- Tertiary
- thermal conductivity
- thermal properties
- three-dimensional models
- tuff
- United States
- vibration
- volcanic rocks
- weathering
- welded tuff
- Yucca Mountain
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