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Engineering properties of carbonate rocks and karst regions in turkey

Proprietes techniques des roches carbonatees. Regions karstiques de turquie

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The paper first emphasizes that in order to provide satisfactory answers to the complex engineering geological problems in karst environments, the basic geology of large areas must be studied on a regional scale. Then the different types of karstic regions in Turkey are presented: Taurus region, South East Anatolia, Central Anatolia or Konya basin, Northwest Anatolia and Thrace. The regional geological structures reflect on the karst systems. When the detailed data concerning the different regions will be compiled in the near future, engineering geological properties of the carbonate rocks of the different karsts will be better understood. In addition, investigations of parameters which affect the development of karst systems will supply more economical and more confident solutions to the engineering geological problems of construction on soluble rocks.

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L'article insiste d'abord sur la nécessité d'étudier la géologie de base à l'échelle des régions afin de pouvoir résoudre de façon satisfaisante les problèmes géotechniques complexes qui se posent dans des zones karstiques. Puis les différentes régions karstiques de Turquie sont présentées: le Taurus, l'Anatolie du Sud-Est, l'Anatolie Centrale ou bassin du Konya, le Nord-Ouest de l'Anatolie et la Thrace. Les structures géologiques régionales influent directement sur les systèmes karstiques. Lorsque, dans un futur proche, les données détaillées concernant les différentes régions auront été rassemblées, on comprendra mieux les caractéristiques géotechniques des roches carbonatées des différents karsts. De plus, la recherche des paramètres qui gouvernent le développement des systèmes karstiques permettra de trouver des solutions plus économiques et plus fiables aux problèmes géotechniques que l'on recontre lorsqu'on construit sur des roches solubles.

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Eroskay, S.O. Engineering properties of carbonate rocks and karst regions in turkey. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology 25, 61–65 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02603192

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