Physico-mechanical properties of select granitoidal rocks from a part of Pandiyan mobile belt, India
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2012
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This study deals with the Physico-mechanical properties of the granites from the Pandiyan mobile belt to identify the suitability of the granite for engineering purposes. The geological characteristics, the mining procedure and mineralogical and engineering properties of the granite samples are estimated through laboratory tests. Based on the results, it is concluded that granitoids of Madurai region is best suited for all the civil engineering works. The granites in Sankarankovil region are more suited as aggregates for road pavements. © 2012 Cafet-Innova Technical Society.
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Engineering properties, Geological characteristics, Granitoids, Laboratory test, Physicomechanical properties, Road pavements, Civil engineering, Crystallography, Mechanical properties, Mineralogy, Minerals, Mining, Granite, granitoid, mechanical property, mineralogy, mining, mobile belt, physical property, rock mechanics, India, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
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International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 2012, 5, 3, pp. 437-441