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The categories of the rock in the Earth and their properties, the geological structures of rock mass and effects to the excavation engineering are introduced in this chapter. The classification of rock sturdiness is discussed as well.

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Zou, D. (2017). Geology. In: Theory and Technology of Rock Excavation for Civil Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1989-0_1

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