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General material properties of Denizli (SW Turkey) travertines as a building stone

Authors: Sefer Beran Çelik, İbrahim Çobanoğlu, Levent Atatanır

Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | Issue 3/2014

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The quality and material properties of Denizli travertine as a natural building stone have been investigated. The Denizli region is one of the world’s major travertine deposits and production basins. Travertine blocks are extracted from over fifty quarries in the region. In this study, investigations and evaluations of experimental test results of travertine samples from six areas (Kaklık–Kocabaş, Honaz–Emirazizli, Aşağıdağdere, Akköy, Karaçay and Çivril), which represent the entire Denizli basin, are presented. Kaklık–Kocabaş is the biggest production area in the region, and therefore most of the quarries are located in this area. Physical, mechanical, micro-structural and macro-structural properties of the travertine samples are evaluated within the scope of stone quality assessment. Variations of test results by area are presented, and correlations between them are proposed. Test results are also compared with the results of various studies from Turkey and other parts of the world.

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Title: General material properties of Denizli (SW Turkey) travertines as a building stone
Authors: Sefer Beran Çelik
İbrahim Çobanoğlu
Levent Atatanır
Publication date: 01-08-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 1435-9529
Electronic ISSN: 1435-9537
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-013-0554-8

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